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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Triller Sues Rival TikTok for Patent Infringement (Exclusive)
TikTok feature allowing users to stitch multiple videos together while using a single audio track illegally copied a 2017 Triller patent, new lawsuit claims
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Trump Says He’s ‘Looking at’ TikTok Ban in the US
President’s comments reiterate what Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said — and come right after Joe Biden told his staffers to delete the app
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Rips Facebook for Attacks ‘Disguised as Patriotism’
Mayer also chided Facebook-owned Instagram for releasing a “copycat product” that mirrors TikTok
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Spotify Adds 8 Million Paying Subscribers, Misses on Q2 Sales Estimates
Stockholm-based streaming giant hits 138 million monthly customers, up 27% from the same time last year
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Triller Nears Deal to Raise at Least $200 Million
The raise would come as rival TikTok is facing increased scrutiny from Washington, D.C.
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CES Cancels Annual In-Person Event, Moves to Online Only for 2021
The world’s biggest consumer electronics event becomes the latest annual conference to scrap its plans due to COVID-19
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Tinder Names Former CBS Interactive CEO Jim Lanzone as New Chief Executive
Lanzone will takeover for Elie Seidman in early August
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Google Won’t Have Employees Return to the Office Until July 2021 at the Earliest
Tech giant plans on having its 200,000 employees and contractors work from home for at least another year, due to the coronavirus pandemic
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If TikTok Gets Banned in the US, These 4 Apps Could Benefit Most
Quick-hit video apps like Triller and Byte could be big winners if the U.S. Government takes action against TikTok
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Quibi Now Lets Users Screenshot Shows – But There’s a Twist
Until Thursday, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s subscription video service has been lampooned for its inability to let users share their favorite content
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Twitter Adds Record 20 Million New Users, Falls Short of Q2 Revenue Projections
User growth surged 34% from the same time last year, sending Twitter’s share price up 7% in premarket trading
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Netflix’s Average Subscribers Only Watch 2% of Service’s Library Each Year
You’d need to spend more than 4 years binging nonstop to exhaust Netflix’s content library, according to a new report
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Coronavirus Will Sink Media Earnings: Can Streaming Save the Day?
Expect executives to tout performance of new services while the virus wrecks the balance sheet
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Parler, Twitter’s Free Speech-Focused Competitor, Sees Momentum Stall
After back-to-back weeks of more than 700,000 downloads in June, Parler’s downloads have dropped to 116,000 per week by mid-July
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Snap Adds 9 Million Users in Q2, But Stock Tanks 11% in After-Hours Trading
Snapchat parent company easily topped analyst sales estimates, but it wasn’t enough to satiate investors, at least at first blush
