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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OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 Billion Bid to Buy the Company
The X owner’s offer was “not in the best interests” of the ChatGPT parent company’s mission, the board says
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Meta Shakes Off TikTok Return, Heads for 20th Straight Day of Wall Street Gains
Mark Zuckerberg’s company has seen a 31% surge since the election
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WaPo’s Ben Terris Replaces Olivia Nuzzi at New York Magazine
The new Washington correspondent joins after Nuzzi’s digital relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was made public in late 2024
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Bluesky Sees 22% User Surge After Initial Post-Election Spike
The X-like platform is approaching 3 million daily users
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TikTok Returns to Apple, Google App Stores
The app was available on both app stores on Thursday evening following a letter to the tech giants from Attorney General Pam Bondi
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AP Fires Back at Trump for Blocking Access for a 3rd Day: ‘Plain Violation of the First Amendment’
Trump barred the outlet for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop $97.4 Billion Bid for OpenAI on One Condition
The X boss wants OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to ditch his plan to make the ChatGPT parent a for-profit business
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LA Times Owner’s Comments About Reporter on Dr. Drew Show Could Stoke Further Harassment, Guild Says
Patrick Soon-Shiong should have pushed back on Drew Pinsky’s “unfair attacks” against an LAT reporter, the guild’s unit council says
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Elon Musk to Settle Trump Ban Lawsuit Against X for $10 Million | Report
The president sued the social platform after it blocked his account after the Jan. 6 insurrection
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Apple TV Launches Android App
Apple TV+ shows like “Severance” will be available via the Google Play store starting Wednesday
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Rebecca Kutler Named New MSNBC President
The former CNN exec had been the interim boss of the cable channel since Rashida Jones left in January
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Trump Press Secretary Defends Blocking AP From Oval Office, Says It’s a ‘Privilege to Cover’ White House
Karoline Leavitt says “nobody has the right” to ask the president questions, instead calling it an “invitation”
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Trump Holds ‘Highly Productive’ Calls With Putin, Zelenskyy Regarding End to War in Ukraine
The president says the USA and Russia will “start negotiations immediately” since all three countries want to make peace
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TikTok Tops YouTube, Facebook in Key Viewing Metric
The average American TikTok user spends 107 minutes on the app each day, 20 minutes more than its next closest competitor
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‘Morning Joe’ Applauds Elon Musk for ‘Extraordinarily Important’ Press Conference With Trump
Joe Scarborough says it was good the billionaire took questions from the Oval Office because it alleviated “lack of transparency” concerns about DOGE
