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.
Experience:
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Facebook Q2 Earnings Preview: Is It Instagram’s Time to Shine?
Popular photo sharing app has the attention of Wall Street and advertisers
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AT&T Reports Mixed Q2 Results in First Earnings After Time Warner Acquisition
Company misses revenue targets, but surpasses on earnings-per-share
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Go90 Failure Just Cost Verizon $658 Million
That’s on top of the several hundred million dollars sunk into shuttered streaming service
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Twitter CEO Says There’s ‘Challenging Work’ After New York Times Reporter Calls Platform an ‘Anger Video Game’
Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to fix its lack of nuance and thoughtful conversation
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Facebook Suspends Kremlin-Tied Data Firm Crimson Hexagon
Firm had government contracts Facebook was unaware of, according to The Wall Street Journal
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Trump Got Congratulatory Call From Mark Zuckerberg After 2016 Election (Report)
Trump campaign’s digital strategy impressed and influenced the social network, reports BuzzFeed News
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Comcast and Disney Enjoy Wall Street Bump on Pulled Fox Bid
Mouse House set to gain much of Fox’s TV and film business with $71.3 billion offer
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FCC Asks If Sinclair ‘Engaged in Misrepresentation’ Over Tribune Merger
FCC review order puts $3.9 billion merger in peril
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‘Insatiable’ Trailer: Alyssa Milano Pops Up in Netflix’s Extra High School-Revenge Comedy (Video)
Vengeance takes the form of slaps and kisses
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China’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Pulled From Streaming Site Just Weeks After Debut
Youku yanks “SNL China” after three episodes
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Trump Is Facebook’s Biggest Spender on Political Ads, Study Finds
37 million people have seen POTUS ads since May
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Mark Zuckerberg on Why Facebook Doesn’t Boot InfoWars: It’s About ‘Giving People a Voice’
“I just don’t think that it is the right thing to say: ‘We’re going to take someone off the platform if they get things wrong, even multiple times,’” says exec
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Sinclair Updates Tribune Merger Bid, ‘Shocked’ by FCC’s Regulatory Concerns
Company amends its plans for stations in Houston, Dallas and Chicago
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Google Hit With Record $5 Billion Fine by European Union
EU says Google has illegally blocked competition by requiring devices to pre-install its Search and Chrome apps
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Breitbart and Drudge Hit by Google Cloud Issue, Go Offline
Several major apps, including Spotify and Snapchat, also impacted
