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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Twitter Surpasses 190 Million Daily Users, Beats Wall Street’s Q4 Revenue Estimates
User growth slowed down dramatically from earlier in 2020, however
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Kobe Bryant Helicopter Pilot Got Disoriented in Clouds Before Crash, Federal Officials Say
“Spatial disorientation” likely led pilot Ara Zobayan to fly through clouds, violating federal standards, officials say
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TikTok Lands Universal Music Group’s ‘Full Catalog’ for User Videos
Agreement comes days after UMG pulled its music from rival app Triller
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Twitter Explores Subscription Fees, Including ‘Tipping’ Feature Where Users Pay for Content
Social network looks to move beyond a dependence on ad sales to carry its business
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Universal Music Group Pulls Catalog From Triller, Says App ‘Shamefully Withheld Payments’
Triller CEO Mike Lu says this must be a bad episode of “Punk’d” in response
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Snapchat Hits 265 Million Users, Tops Wall Street’s Q4 Sales Estimates
App’s share price dips in after-hours trading after providing underwhelming Q1 guidance
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Robinhood’s Super Bowl Ad Gets Skewered: ‘BOO the S— out of This Commercial’
Reddit and Twitter users rip the ad, days after Robinhood blocked trading users from trading GameStop and AMC shares
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Parler CEO John Matze Fired by Board
In a memo obtained by Fox News, Matze said he’s “met constant resistance” over his vision for the app and his “strong belief in free speech”
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Spotify’s Stock Drops 8% Despite Adding 11 Million Premium Customers in Q4
Streaming heavyweight warns it faces “forecasting uncertainty” due to the coronavirus pandemic
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YouTube’s Q4 Revenue Surged 36% to Nearly $7 Billion
The sales spike helped Google set a company record with $56.9 billion in holiday sales
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Amazon Q4 Earnings: Ecommerce Giant Becomes 2nd Tech Company to Post $100 Billion in Quarterly Revenue
Amazon, after raking in more than $125 billion during the holiday quarter, joins Apple in the exclusive club
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to Step Down as CEO Later This Year
The second richest man in the world founded Amazon in Seattle in 1994
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Will Spotify Earnings Show That Podcasts Can Drive Subscriptions?
Streaming giant is on the verge of hitting 150 million paying customers, but its podcast push remains in question
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GameStop’s Stock Price Drops 36% as Recent Sell-Off Continues
Video game retailer’s stock price has dropped from about $350 per share to $144 per share in a matter of days
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AMC Theatres Stock Plunges 50% as Reddit-Inspired Rally Loses Steam
Cinema chain is below $7 per share on Tuesday, less than a week after it climbed to nearly $20
