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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Dax Shepard’s Podcast Heads to Spotify in Exclusive Deal
“The Armchair Expert” will be available only on Spotify starting July 1
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Podcast Ad Revenue Expected to Hit $1 Billion This Year
Ad sales increased 19% last year for U.S. podcasters to $842 million, new study shows
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Content Overload? Number of TV Platforms Almost Doubled in 3 Years | Chart
New study attributes the jump to a “perfect storm” of factors, including more streaming services hitting the market
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YouTube Will Pay Creators $100 Million to Use TikTok Copycat ‘Shorts’
The video giant will make payments between now and the end of 2022 for “unique” short-form clips
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Sally Buzbee Named Executive Editor of The Washington Post
Buzbee, who succeeds Martin Baron, will be the first woman to lead the 144-year-old news organization
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Clubhouse Launches Android App as Twitter, Facebook Roll Out Copycat Features
Android users in the U.S. can download Clubhouse starting on Sunday
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YouTube TV Workaround Added as Roku Dispute Drags On
YouTube TV is also looking to secure “free streaming devices” for its customers in case a deal with Roku isn’t reached
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Executive Pay 2020: COVID Hammered Hollywood’s Bottom Line – But Not CEOs’ Wallets
WrapPRO’s annual executive compensation survey finds that not everyone who took COVID pay cuts made less money in 2020
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Roku Smashes Q1 Sales Projections, Hits 53.6 Million Active Accounts
Streaming device maker tops Wall Street’s revenue estimates by 17%
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Twitter Suspends Account for Resharing Trump’s ‘From the Desk’ Comments
The @DJTDesk account had been posting messages from Trump’s new website on Twitter
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Twitter Will Flag ‘Offensive’ Tweets Before You Send Them
Users will now see a prompt asking if they want to review their “potentially harmful” tweets before sending them
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Facebook’s Oversight Board Didn’t Solve the Trump Problem | Analysis
The Board, which was supposed to provide clarity on Facebook’s censorship decisions, provided confusion instead
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Snapchat’s Head of Originals on New Megan Thee Stallion Show and Creating During a Pandemic
“People really trust talent as much, if not more than, they trust news brands now,” Snap’s Sean Mills tells TheWrap
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Trump Responds to Extended Facebook Ban – by Trashing Liz Cheney
No harsh words for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (at least to this point)
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Trump Can’t Return to Facebook, Social Network’s ‘Supreme Court’ Rules
The former president was kicked off Facebook and Instagram following the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
