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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Facebook Adds Music Videos, Takes Aim at YouTube
Social network partners with several top labels to bring videos from artists like J. Balvin and Miley Cyrus to Facebook Watch
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Facebook Stock Hits All-Time High After Big Q2 Earnings Report
Social network’s stock pushes into record territory one day after it reported $18.69 billion in Q2 revenue
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YouTube’s Q2 Revenue Hits $3.8 Billion as Google Reports First-Ever Quarterly Sales Drop
The video giant reported a 5.8% increase in revenue during Q2, which stood out in comparison to Google’s overall downturn
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Facebook Hits 2.7 Billion Users, Tops Wall Street’s Q2 Revenue Estimates
The coronavirus pandemic, a prominent ad boycott and lingering antitrust questions did little to curb Facebook’s business during the second quarter
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Peacock Hits 10 Million Subscribers, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Says
New streaming service’s debut “exceeded our high expectations,” Roberts says
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Jim Jordan’s Mask, Jeff Bezos on the Hot Seat and 5 More Highlights From Big Tech Congressional Hearing
Wednesday’s hearing was supposed to focus on anti-competitive practices; instead, a steady stream of questions on censorship, political favoritism and spam emails stood out
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GOP Congressman Asks Google CEO Sundar Pichai Why His Campaign Emails Always Go to Spam
“My parents, who have a Gmail account, aren’t getting my campaign emails,” Rep. Greg Steube laments
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Triller Sues Rival TikTok for Patent Infringement (Exclusive)
TikTok feature allowing users to stitch multiple videos together while using a single audio track illegally copied a 2017 Triller patent, new lawsuit claims
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Trump Says He’s ‘Looking at’ TikTok Ban in the US
President’s comments reiterate what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said — and come right after Joe Biden told his staffers to delete the app
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Rips Facebook for Attacks ‘Disguised as Patriotism’
Mayer also chided Facebook-owned Instagram for releasing a “copycat product” that mirrors TikTok
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Spotify Adds 8 Million Paying Subscribers, Misses on Q2 Sales Estimates
Stockholm-based streaming giant hits 138 million monthly customers, up 27% from the same time last year
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Triller Nears Deal to Raise at Least $200 Million
The raise would come as rival TikTok is facing increased scrutiny from Washington, D.C.
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CES Cancels Annual In-Person Event, Moves to Online Only for 2021
The world’s biggest consumer electronics event becomes the latest annual conference to scrap its plans due to COVID-19
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Tinder Names Former CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone as New Chief Executive
Lanzone will takeover for Elie Seidman in early August
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Google Won’t Have Employees Return to the Office Until July 2021 at the Earliest
Tech giant plans on having its 200,000 employees and contractors work from home for at least another year, due to the coronavirus pandemic
