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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Roku Surges to 51.2 Million Accounts, Reports Unexpected Q4 Profit
Popular streaming device company added 14.3 million accounts in 2020
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Triller Backpedals, Denying That It Inflated App’s User Count by Millions
CEO Mike Lu said the company has “never” padded its user count, one day after Billboard said the app had half the 50 million users it claimed
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Crackle Plus Names Former Sony Pictures SVP Jeff Meier Head of Programming
Meier most recently spent eight years at Sony Pictures, serving as general manager and SVP of programming before leaving last year
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How Team Whistle Became a Video Juggernaut on Snapchat and TikTok
“Let our competitors be the aspirational hipsters — we’re like the really cool next door neighbor that’s actually dope,” Whistle’s Noah Weissman tells TheWrap
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News
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Tech Talk With Sean Burch and Alex Kantrowitz: Should Clubhouse’s Meteoric Rise Scare Twitter and Spotify?
“I do think this is going to take share from podcasts, at least in the short term,” Kantrowitz says
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Media
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Roku Job Listing Hints at Plan to Expand Original Content
Roku is looking for a lead production attorney to build out its “expanding slate of original content”
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Parler Will Be Back Online This Week, ‘Not Reliant on So-Called ‘Big Tech’
Conservative-friendly app set to return after Amazon, Apple and Google cracked down on it in January
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HBO Max’s Big Bet On Blockbuster Releases Pays Off Early
The number of HBO Max subscribers jumped following Warner Bros.’ announcement that all 2021 movies would debut on the streaming service, new data shows
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News
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Project Veritas Twitter Account Banned After Confrontation With Facebook Vice President
“This is quite the Rubicon we’re crossing if Twitter wants to ban this particular piece of information,” Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe says
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Facebook Plans Clubhouse Copycat as App Gains Momentum (Report)
The social network has a long history of copying features from other popular apps like Snapchat and TikTok
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TikTok’s Sale ‘Shelved Indefinitely’ as Biden Reviews Security Issues
Rather than an outright sale, TikTok may reach a deal for a U.S. company to handle American user data
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Are Twitter and Netflix Taking a Hit for Overperforming in New Subscribers Early in the Pandemic?
The social media app’s Q4 user growth falls short of Wall Street’s expectations
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Culture
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Twitter Surpasses 190 Million Daily Users, Beats Wall Street’s Q4 Revenue Estimates
User growth slowed down dramatically from earlier in 2020, however
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Kobe Bryant Helicopter Pilot Got Disoriented in Clouds Before Crash, Federal Officials Say
“Spatial disorientation” likely led pilot Ara Zobayan to fly through clouds, violating federal standards, officials say
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TikTok Lands Universal Music Group’s ‘Full Catalog’ for User Videos
Agreement comes days after UMG pulled its music from rival app Triller