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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How Companies Like CAA, Deep Voodoo Are Protecting Artists From AI Abuse — With a Vault
TheGrill 2024: “AI is a tool, but it’s never going to be the tool,” Veritone’s Sean King says
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DOJ Weighs Breakup of Google for ‘Unlawful Conduct’ in Search-Engine Dominance
Google’s position has left rivals “with little-to-no incentive to compete”
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Ex-LA Times Editor Kevin Merida Says He Didn’t Want to Leave, Points to ‘Disagreements’ With Owner
TheGrill 2024: “It can’t fail,” Merida says about the Times, but noted it was unusual for owner Patrick Soon-Shiong to influence editorial decisions
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OpenAI Media Chief Says Readers Reject ChatGPT Stories: ‘No One Wants to Read AI-Generated News’
A new survey data backs up the conclusions of OpenAI’s Varun Shetty
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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Maker Ubisoft Reviews ‘Strategic Options’ Amid Buyout Rumors
The French gaming company doesn’t confirm or deny a potential deal with Tencent
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Meta Unveils Text-to-Video AI Tool That Creates 16-Second Clips
Facebook’s parent company joins OpenAI and Google in the crowded text-to-video AI space
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Jock Talk: NFL YouTubers Score Big Views and Big Bucks
“All of a sudden, sports reporting went from a modest, middle-class job” to something “you can actually make a lot of money talking about,” YouTuber Grant Cohn says
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Gov. Newsom’s Anti-Deepfake Law Blocked by Federal Judge, Elon Musk Celebrates
The new law, targeting political deepfakes before elections, would “bulldoze” the First Amendment, judge says
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Elon Musk’s X Worth 79% Less Than When He Bought It
The platform formerly known as Twitter is now valued at $9.4 billion, two years after Musk paid $44 billion
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Epic Games Sues Google, Samsung for Antitrust Violations
The Fortnite developer says Samsung has an “exceptionally onerous” 21-step process in place to block users from downloading third-party apps
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Taylor Lorenz, Tech Columnist and Target of Right-Wing Criticism, Departs Washington Post for Substack
The columnist says she’s now free to pursue the type of reporting that’s “increasingly difficult to do in corporate media”
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Trump Slump? Taylor Swift Loses 2 Million Spotify Listeners After Kamala Harris Endorsement
And the pop star’s YouTube viewership took an even bigger hit post-endorsement
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‘Spy on Me’: TikTok Users Aren’t Worried About China Getting Their Data
Support for banning TikTok continues to wane, with American users saying they have “nothing to hide” from the app’s Chinese owners
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Adele, Jack Harlow Music Videos Will Return to YouTube in SESAC Deal
A number of major videos, which were pulled down over the weekend, will be restored in the “next day or two”
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Newsom Vetoes Artificial Intelligence ‘Safety’ Bill
California governor says the bill was “well-intentioned” but too restrictive
