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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Michael Keaton Says Donald Trump and Elon Musk Think Their Supporters Are Stupid: ‘They’re Not Your Bros’
The actor says the Republican nominee and X boss “don’t want to hang out with you”
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Disney CEO Job ‘Not Even on My Mind’
The streamer’s co-CEO says he hasn’t thought about replacing Bob Iger when the rival studio head leaves in 2026
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Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries Arrested and Charged With Sex Trafficking
Prosecutors say Jeffries recruited young men to perform sex acts by dangling potential modeling jobs
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OpenAI and Microsoft Put $10 Million Into Local News Fellowship
Outlets like Newsday and The Philadelphia Inquirer will receive funds in order to find ways to leverage AI
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Lemon8, TikTok’s Sister App, Is Growing Fast — but Will It Last?
The lifestyle app saw its downloads quadruple this summer, as ByteDance tries to keep a toehold in the U.S. market with a looming TikTok ban
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Diddy’s Spotify Listeners Surge 36% Since Arrest
The rapper has gained 3.5 million monthly listeners since getting charged with sex trafficking in mid-September
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Olivia Nuzzi Exits New York Magazine After Internal Review Over RFK Jr. Affair
The review found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias,” but both parties agreed her departure was “the best course forward,” a spokesperson says
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New York Post, Dow Jones Sue Jeff Bezos-Backed AI Company for ‘Massive Amount’ of Illegal Copying
Perplexity AI brazenly reproduced Murdoch content verbatim with its “answer engine,” a new copyright lawsuit claims
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Kamala Harris Outspends Trump on Ads 4-to-1, Federal Records Show
The Democratic nominee spent $225 million on ads in September alone
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Russia Sentences Oscar-Nominated Producer Alexander Rodnyansky to 8.5 Years in Prison for Ukraine War Criticism
The producer, sentenced in absentia, ripped Russia for its attack on a maternity hospital in 2022
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‘I’m With Elon’: Gavin Newsom Sides With Musk’s SpaceX in California Lawsuit
The Golden State governor says the X owner’s politics shouldn’t be a factor in whether he gets to launch more rockets
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Elon Musk’s Support on X for Trump Is Unprecedented, but Is It Illegal?
Election 2024: Musk’s critics “run into a wall” legally when looking for a way to punish his Pro-Trump posts, attorney Matt Bilinsky says
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Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist Jake E. Lee Says He’s Still Trying to ‘Process’ Vegas Shooting That Almost Killed Him: ‘A Man Wanted Me Dead’
The “Bark at the Moon” guitarist tells TheWrap he is still recovering from three gunshot wounds
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Mitzi Gaynor, ‘South Pacific’ Star, Dies at 93
Her managers remember the ’50s musical actress as a “vibrant and extraordinary woman”
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Blumhouse Partners With Meta to Make Short Films Using Facebook’s New AI Tools
Directors like Casey Affleck are testing Movie Gen’s text-to-video tools
