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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Streaming’s Side Hustle: 40% of Subscription Passwords Are Resold
“It’s not necessarily against the law, but against the service’s license agreement, which makes it a bit more complex to deal with,” Red Points’ Sergei Garcia says
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Instagram and Facebook Test Option for Hiding ‘Likes’ (Again)
The feature can be used by some on their friends’ posts or their own, a move experts say could significantly impact users’ mental health
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NFT Market Surges 2,100% to $2 Billion in Q1 Sales
There were twice as many NFT buyers as sellers during the first three months of 2021
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Fortnite Creator Epic Games Raises $1 Billion at a $28.7 Billion Valuation
Sony contributed $200 million to the latest round of funding, just a year after putting $250 million in Epic
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Spotify Has Now Deleted 42 Episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’
Streaming giant recently purged another two episodes of Rogan’s popular podcast from its platform
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YouTube Purges Ron DeSantis Video Over Claims Children Don’t Need to Wear Masks
Google-owned video giant says it removed a discussion between Florida governor and medical experts for contradicting the “consensus of local and global health authorities”
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Phone App Use in US Up Nearly 20% During Pandemic to More Than 4 Hours Daily
The global average time spent on apps has surged 30% in two years, data from App Annie shows
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Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: Behind Apple’s Push to ‘Kneecap’ Facebook
A new iPhone privacy feature threatens to dent Facebook’s $86 billion ad business — and take the Apple-Facebook rivalry to new heights
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YouTube Edged Out Other Tech Giants With Biggest Gains During Pandemic
Facebook’s growth has leveled off over the last five years, according to new survey results from Pew Research Center
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Clubhouse Users Can Now Pay Their Favorite Creators Directly
A new partnership with Stripe allows users to stay on the app if they want to send a tip
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Supreme Court Dismisses Ruling Against Trump for Blocking Twitter Users
An appeals court had ruled in 2019 Trump violated the First Amendment by excluding users from a public forum
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls Out Facebook’s ‘Flimsy’ Privacy Stance
Cook throws another jab at Facebook as Apple prepares to roll out a new privacy feature
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Facebook’s Stock Hits Record High Despite Massive Data Leak
The social network is now worth $876 billion after Monday’s jump on Wall Street
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Netflix Lost 31% of Market Share in the Last Year as Streaming Rivals Gained Ground | Charts
New competitors like HBO Max and NBCU’s Peacock are already eating into Netflix’s lead in the streaming wars
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