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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ESPN’s SVP of Digital Content Departs to Become COO of BetMGM
Ryan Spoon helped build several ESPN digital properties, including the ESPN app and ESPN’s fantasy football operations
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YouTube Adds New Election Warning Label, Will Point Viewers to Associated Press Results
Viewers looking for election-related material will be greeted with a “results may not be final. See the latest on Google,” warning label
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Why Breaking Up Google Is ‘Unlikely,’ Despite Justice Department’s Antitrust Lawsuit
The U.S. government will have a hard time proving Google’s dominance brings “harm to consumers,” one antitrust expert tells TheWrap
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Jeffrey Katzenberg Says It’s ‘Not Fair’ to Blame Quibi’s Downfall on COVID-19
Mogul had previously said “everything” wrong with the app was due to the pandemic
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9 Most Epic Tech Failures Since Y2K, From Microsoft Zune to Quibi (Photos)
Even the biggest companies have made colossal mistakes
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Inside Quibi’s $2 Billion Fail – No, It Wasn’t the Pandemic
Quibi goes down as one of the most infamous tech flops in recent memory
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Tech Talk: Alex Kantrowitz On Twitter and Facebook Heading Into 2020 Election | Video
TheWrap will be hosting “Tech Talk” twice a month
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Why Facebook and Twitter Are in a ‘Better Spot’ Heading Into 2020 Election | PRO Insight
Social platforms are “obsessed with preventing a rerun” of 2016, Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz says
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Snapchat’s Stock Rockets 30% Higher After Big Q3 User and Revenue Growth
More users led to a 25% year-over-year increase in pictures being sent on the app
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Snapchat’s Stock Surges as Q3 Revenue Spikes 52%
Popular app added 11 million new subscribers, putting it on the verge of hitting 250 million overall
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Netflix Falls Short of Q3 Subscriber Estimates, Stock Drops 6%
Streaming giant added 2.2 million new subscribers, about 300,000 less than the company had projected
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Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit by US Justice Department
About 90% of U.S. search queries are funneled through Google, blocking competitors from gaining enough users to scale, the government said on Tuesday
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How Twitter and Facebook Moderation Rules Are Set Up to Fail
Inconsistent and selectively-enforced rules led to fiasco surrounding the decision to block a New York Post report on Joe Biden’s son
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AMC’s Stock Surges 22% on New York Theaters Reopening
Nation’s largest cinema chain says 12 theaters will be reopening later this week in New York
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‘Home Improvement’ Star Zachery Ty Bryan Arrested on Strangulation Charges
Bryan is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and grabbing her phone to stop her from calling 911, according to police
