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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TikTok Users Spend Twice as Much Time on the App as Instagram Users Spend on Instagram
A new report shows the average American TikTok user spends 108 minutes per day on the app — 60 minutes more than the average Instagram user does
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Elon Musk Blasts ‘Moron’ Peter Navarro Over Tesla Comments
The pro-tariff Trump advisor is “dumber than a sack of bricks,” the Tesla and X boss says
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Wall Street Sinks on Chinese Tariffs as Apple Sheds $1 Trillion in a Week
The market makes a sharp U-turn after starting Tuesday in the black
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Trump Tariffs Disturb His Own Supporters in Conservative Media: ‘Really Problematic’
Prominent conservative commentators like Ben Shapiro have shared their concerns with the president’s “liberation day” tariffs
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Reuters Retracts Bogus Report That Trump Was Considering Tariffs Pause
CNBC was also fooled by a viral X post that mischaracterized what a White House advisor told Fox News
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Wall Street Whiplash: Media, Tech Stocks Bounce as Tariff Uncertainty Continues
A bogus viral X post that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs helped send markets higher on Monday
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Quartz Sold by G/O Media to 4th Owner Since 2018, Editorial Staff Axed
Editor-in-chief Dan Hirschhorn, one of two remaining employees, says it’s “a new chapter” for the company
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CBS News to Give Employees Larger Severance if They’re Replaced by AI in New WGA Deal
The news organization will increase severance packages by 50% for staffers who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence
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Trump Gives TikTok Another 75-Day Extension to Make Deal
The president will sign a new executive order as TikTok was nearing a Saturday deadline to sell its U.S. operation
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Clock Ticks on TikTok Deal as Ban Deadline Looms
TikTok is facing a Saturday deadline to sell its U.S. business or face being banned from Apple and Google’s app stores
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Newsom Says California ‘Will Not Sit Idly By’ Amid Trump’s Tariff War, Looks to Expand Trade
“Donald Trump’s tariffs do not represent all Americans … our state of mind is around supporting stable trading relationships around the globe,” the governor says
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Trump Tariffs Rock Wall Street Again as Apple Sheds $500 Billion in 2 Days
The S&P 500 suffers its worst day since COVID smacked the market in March 2020
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5 Ways Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Hollywood
While the tariffs don’t directly target movies and TV shows, a pullback in consumer spending could weigh on media giants’ bottom lines
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Elon Musk ‘Not Even Close to Done’ With DOGE, JD Vance Says
The vice president thinks the billionaire will remain a “friend and an advisor” to Donald Trump after his 130-day contract ends
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Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos’ ‘Significant Shift’ to Opinion Section
“I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you. I won’t be a stranger,” the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPo
