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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Zuckerberg’s Nightmare: Facebook, Instagram Hit by Widespread Outages
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, also ran into issues on Friday
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SPACs Have Already Topped 2020’s Record Year, With $89 Billion Raised
Blank check companies have already raised 7% more than they did all of last year
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YouTube’s TikTok Rival, Shorts, Rolls Out in the US
The new feature comes to the States after testing in India for more than six months
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Teen Mastermind Behind Elon Musk, Joe Biden Twitter Hack Gets 3 Years Behind Bars
Graham Ivan Clark conned Twitter users into sending him $117,000 worth of bitcoin last summer, prosecutors said
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YouTuber David Dobrik Apologizes Amid ‘Vlog Squad’ Sexual Assault Accusations
“Consent is something that’s super, super important to me,” Dobrik says in new video
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Behind Vuulr’s Mission to Connect Buyers and Sellers of Content Rights Online (Exclusive)
The online content marketplace — where deals take an average of 10.5 days to complete — just unveiled a new tool to help distributors feature their shows or movies
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WTF are NFTs? Behind the Digital Asset Endorsed by Jack Dorsey and the NBA
“You’re buying art you don’t necessarily hang up on your wall, but you own the images,” Oanda senior analyst Ed Moya says
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Vice Nears SPAC Deal Priced at Less Than Half of Previous $5.7 Billion Valuation (Report)
BuzzFeed is also looking at going public via a blank check deal worth less than its $1.7 billion peak valuation, according to The Information
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Elon Musk Anointed Himself ‘Technoking of Tesla’ in Cheeky SEC Filing
There was no mention of Musk dropping another electronic dance single anytime soon, though
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Former Disney Executive Kevin Mayer’s New SPAC Raises $350 Million
IPO comes after Mayer and ex-Disney COO Tom Staggs’ other SPAC debuted just last month
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Big Tech Got $3 Trillion Bigger During the Pandemic – and Became a Bigger Target
How COVID Changed Hollywood Special Report: “Tech companies were already positioned for this growth,” Gerber Kawasaki’s Brett Sifling says
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Bingers Beware! Netflix Tests Crackdown on Password Sharing
Some Netflix users are being asked to confirm they’re streaming from their own accounts
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Apple Rejects Parler’s App Store Return Over ‘Objectionable Content’ Including Nazi Symbols
Tech giant says Parler, despite updating its rules, is still home to offensive material
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Facebook Calls on Judge to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Lawsuit
The tech giant stands accused of building a social media monopoly via its Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions
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YouTube Now Reaches 120 Million Americans Via Connected TVs
The internet’s biggest video site continues to win over more viewers in the living room — a fact YouTube wants more advertisers to take notice of