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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Rihanna Is Now a Billionaire, Thanks to Fenty Beauty
The success of her cosmetics brand has made Rihanna the second richest female celebrity behind Oprah Winfrey
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Facebook to Host First Movie Premiere With 9/11 Museum Documentary ‘The Outsider’
The film will stream August 19-20 and cost $3.99 before a wider theaters and VOD release
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Microsoft Will Require All Employees and Office Visitors to Be Vaccinated
The tech giant has about 96,000 employees in the U.S.
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YouTube Launches $100 Million Fund for TikTok Copycat ‘Shorts’
Creators can make up to $10,000 each month for posting original vertical videos
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DirecTV Completes Spinoff From AT&T, Renames AT&T TV Service
Deal comes after AT&T loses about 500,000 “premium” video subscribers during Q2
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Elon Musk Denies He Asked to Replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO
Cook, according to a new book, told the Tesla chief “f— you” in response
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Behind Big Tech’s Eye-Popping $331 Billion Quarter | Chart
The rebounding online ad economy just pushed Facebook and Google to new heights
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Amazon Stock on Pace for Worst Day in More Than a Year
A mixed Q2 earnings report and a record-setting European fine sent Amazon’s stock down 7.25%
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Facebook Climbs to 2.9 Billion Users, Reports $29.1 Billion in Q2 Sales
The social network’s stock drops 5% despite beating Wall Street’s earnings projections
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Netflix, Beware: YouTube Could Bring in More Money in 2021 | Chart
Both companies can expect $30 billion in revenue this year — but they’re growing at two different rates
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Spotify Hits 365 Million Users as Q2 Sales Reach $2.8 Billion
The music streaming service said its ad revenue more than doubled during the second quarter
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YouTube’s Revenue Soars 84% to $7 Billion in Q2
The Google-owned video giant is now neck-and-neck with Netflix’s quarterly revenue
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Google’s Q2 Revenue Spikes 62% to Company-Record $61.9 Billion
YouTube contributed $7 billion in revenue — up big from last year
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Behind Snapchat’s ‘Remarkable’ Turnaround and 23% Stock Spike | Analysis
The company is suddenly worth $120 billion, but it wasn’t always this way
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Snap’s Stock Races to All-Time High After Big Q2 Growth
A 20% Wall Street jump comes after Snapchat hits 293 million daily users