Sean is a business reporter who covers tech and media for TheWrap based in New York City. His beat includes companies like Meta and TikTok, as well as notable industry figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Sean covers the news landscape and closely watches digital media.
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Netflix’s ‘Concerning’ Second Quarter: A ‘Minor Blip’ or a Warning Sign?
“As the marketplace grows more crowded, and the quality of competitors improves, Netflix will have to work harder to attract subscribers,” analyst Jon Giegengack says
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Netflix’s Stock Tumbles After Q2 Flop on Subscriber Growth
Streaming giant’s shares drop more than 10% after it missed Q2 subscriber growth projections by more than 2 million customers
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Netflix: Staying Ad-Free ‘Remains a Deep Part of Our Brand’
“When you read speculation that we are moving into selling advertising, be confident that this is false,” Netflix tells shareholders
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Netflix Misses Big on Q2 Subscriber Growth, Stock Falls 10%
Streaming giant adds 2.7 million new customers — missing analyst estimates by nearly 50%
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High Cost of Aging? FaceApp Users Give Russian Developer ‘Perpetual’ License to Their Photos
Popular app can “reproduce, modify, adapt,” and publish its users’ images without compensation, according to the fine print
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Netflix With Ads: Impossible or Inevitable?
“Netflix needs a way to grow its U.S. revenue in ways beyond just raising the subscription price,” Brian Frons, former president of ABC Daytime and current UCLA lecturer, says
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Instagram Goes Down for the Third Time in Just Over a Month
Facebook-owned app was out for many users in California
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StubHub Refunded $500,000 Worth of Tickets for Shows Canceled by NYC Blackout
More than 1,500 fans were unable to see shows and concerts they’d bought tickets for
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Trump Will ‘Take a Look’ at Peter Thiel’s Claims Google Was ‘Infiltrated’ by China
Thiel says Google’s clandestine A.I. operation should be investigated by CIA and FBI
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FTC Approves Record $5 Billion Settlement With Facebook
The settlement easily surpasses the FTC’s largest penalty to this point — a $22.5 million fine against Google in 2012
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Twitter Hit By Global Outage: ‘Something Is Technically Wrong’
The app and desktop site have went offline at about 11:30 a.m. PST
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Nearly 70% of Americans Say They’d Pay for Disney+, Study Finds
Almost 20% of respondents said they’d be willing to pay between $10 to $20 per month for Disney’s upcoming streaming service
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How Quibi CEO Meg Whitman Plans to Bring ‘Watercooler’ Shows to Mobile Video
“What I’m doing here reminds me of eBay in its earliest days. The consumer tech has changed a ton, but the fundamentals are the same around user experience and user interface,” Whitman tells TheWrap
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‘Summer Camp for Billionaires’: Annual Sun Valley Conference Lets Top Tech and Media Execs Talk Clandestinely
Secrecy is paramount at the retreat that counts Apple’s Tim Cook and Comcast chief Brian Roberts among its attendees
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Amazon Has a New ‘Lord of The Rings’ Video Game in the Works
The game comes at the same time Amazon is developing its upcoming “LOTR” TV series
