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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Twitter’s Stock Sinks 15%, Nearly Erases All 2021 Gains
Social platform added 7 million new users in Q1, but analysts were looking for 8 million
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Roku Removes YouTube TV App as Carriage Dispute Heats Up
Roku has claimed the Google-owned TV streaming service is operating in an “anticompetitive manner”
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TikTok Names ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew as New CEO
Vanessa Pappas, who served as interim head of TikTok, will be the app’s new chief operating officer
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Twitter Hits 199 Million Users, Reports ‘Solid’ Q1 Revenue
Wall Street wasn’t as impressed, with Twitter’s stock price dropping 9% in after-hours trading
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Twitter Blocks ‘Uncle Tim’ From Trends Section After Senator Tim Scott’s Speech
The racially-charged slur was highlighted by Twitter’s trending section for several hours on Wednesday night
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Facebook Crushes Q1 Revenue Goal, Races Toward $1 Trillion Market Value
The social network’s stock pops 5% after reporting $26.2 billion in first-quarter sales
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CES Plans 2022 Return With 1,000 Companies, Including Amazon
After scrapping its in-person event this January, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show is set to return to Sin City
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Spotify’s Stock Drops 9% on Light Q1 Subscriber Growth
The music streamer closes the first quarter with 356 million accounts, but a lagging growth rate and lowered full-year guidance has spooked investors
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Can’t Decide What to Stream? Netflix Has a New Feature for You
The “Play Something” button will pick a new show or movie based on your tastes
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Time Spent Streaming Spiked 36% Globally in Q1 | Chart
On-demand viewing continues to gain traction at the expense of live events, new data shows
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YouTube’s Q1 Ad Revenue Surged 50% to $6 Billion
The internet video giant continues to rake in cash for Google
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Spotify Rolls Out Paid Podcast Subscriptions, Won’t Charge Hosts for 2 Years
Streaming giant’s new feature comes just weeks before Apple is set to launch its own subscription podcast service
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Spotify Hikes Family Plan to $15.99 a Month
The price increase will make it $1 more expensive than the Apple equivalent
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Facebook Explains Why NY Post Story on BLM Activist’s Real Estate Was Blocked
The platform removes content that shares private information that could lead to physical or financial harm, a rep says
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Netflix’s CEOs Earned a Combined $82.5 Million in 2020
Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos both saw their compensation jump more than 10% last year
