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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Facebook ‘Reducing’ Distribution of New York Post Story on Hunter Biden
Why Facebook is reducing the story’s distribution was not made immediately clear
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YouTube Bans Videos Claiming a Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Can Kill People or Make Them Infertile
Video giant cracks down on COVID-19 misinformation, a day after Facebook banned anti-vaccine ads
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Netflix Q3 Earnings Preview: Will Pandemic Continue to Drive Growth?
Increased AVOD adoption, declining app downloads and the “Cuties” blowback has some analysts questioning whether Netflix’s strong 2020 is set to hit a speed bump
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AMC Theatres Stock Sinks 13% as Cinema Giant Faces Cash Crunch
Drop comes hours after the largest U.S. cinema chain warned it could run out of cash by the end of the year
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Apple Enters ‘New Era’ With 5G-Enabled iPhone 12
New iPhone 12 will cost $799 and will be lighter, faster and more secure than its predecessors
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Facebook Bans Anti-Vaccine Advertisements
Decision comes a day after Facebook said it would purge any posts denying the Holocaust
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Microsoft Disrupts Russian Botnet That Could Have Sowed ‘Chaos and Distrust’ in US Election
Tech giant looks to block ransomware attacks on state and local government computers handling voter rolls
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Battle of the Streaming Devices: Can Google’s Revamped Chromecast Catch Up to Roku and Amazon Fire?
New $50 Chromecast comes out as Google looks to move out of third place in the streaming device hierarchy
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Twitter to Add ‘Warnings and Restrictions’ to Block ‘Misleading Information’ From US Politicians
“People on Twitter, including candidates for office, may not claim an election win before it is authoritatively called,” company execs say
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Microsoft Lets Employees Work From Home Permanently
“The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us to think, live, and work in new ways,” one company executive says
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Global TV Shipments Hit ‘Historical High’ Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
TV shipments increased nearly 13% year-over-year during the third quarter, market research firm TrendForce found
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Creatv University Wants to Help Students ‘Jump the Velvet Rope’ and Land Hollywood Jobs
New (and free) webinar series connects students with some of the biggest names in the entertainment world
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Facebook to Suspend Political Ads After Polls Close to Block Candidates’ ‘Premature Victory’ Claims
The Social Network says ads will stop running for one week once polling closes on November 3
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Slack Becomes the Latest App to Add a Stories Feature
Communications platform follows in the footsteps of Snapchat, Instagram, and a growing number of tech companies
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Impact Creative Systems, the Content Accelerator by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Is Now a Majority BIPOC Business | Exclusive
“We search far and wide to find the most talented and qualified people for our organization,” one executive tells TheWrap
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