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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Bob Bakish Outlines ‘Major Changes’ for CBS All Access Rebrand This Summer
A heavy dose of ViacomCBS programming, along with more sports, will hit the revamped streaming service
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How Fast Streamers Grew During Pandemic | Chart
All major streamers saw their subscribers curve up during the lockdown, but Disney+ grew the most – 25 percent
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Facebook Names 20 ‘Supreme Court’ Members With Power to Overrule Mark Zuckerberg
“We expect them to make some decisions that we, at Facebook, will not always agree with,” Facebook VP Nick Clegg says
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Elon Musk and Grimes’ Newborn Son’s Bizarre Name Explained
New mom Grimes shared a Twitter breakdown of baby X Æ A-12 Musk’s name
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Activision Blizzard Trumps Q1 Sales Estimates as ‘Call of Duty’ Gets Boost From Stay-at-Home Orders
Gaming giant says latest “Call of Duty” game reached 60 million players within its first 3 weeks
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Twitter Test Asks Users to Revise Tweets With ‘Harmful’ Language
Users will receive a notification before shooting off “heated” responses, as part of Twitter’s “limited experiment”
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Barack and Michelle Obama to Give Virtual Commencement Speeches on YouTube
YouTube’s digital graduation ceremony will also include speeches from Lady Gaga and Condoleezza Rice
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Hollywood and Tech World’s Highest Paid Executives: Who Made Bank, Who Sank in 2019
TheWrap’s annual executive compensation round up finds that Apple CEO Tim Cook led the pack
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Even Media CEOs’ Wallets Will ‘Feel the Pain’ of Coronavirus Pandemic
Executive compensation will drop until movie theaters operate at full capacity, theme parks reopen and ad sales rebound
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Can’t Unlock Your iPhone With Face Mask On? Apple Is Testing a Fix
New feature may allow iPhone owners to bypass Face ID login while wearing a mask
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Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Stock Price Is ‘Too High’ Just Before It Drops 9%
Did investors listen to Musk’s opinion on Friday?
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Amazon Q1 Earnings: E-Commerce Giant Says It Expects to Spend $4 Billion on Coronavirus Response
CEO Jeff Bezos says company will spend all of Q2 profits — and perhaps more — on improving employee and customer safety
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‘The Walking Dead’ and Other AMC Classics Head to Pluto TV
Free streaming service will add four new channels dedicated to content from AMC Networks, including one channel featuring “Walking Dead” episodes in Spanish
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Facebook Warns of Business ‘Uncertainty’ But Wall Street Doesn’t Seem to Mind
COVID-19 will “accelerate” advertisers moving from linear TV to Facebook, analyst Jason Helfstein says
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Spotify Stole Trade Secrets to Develop Its Ad Platform, Lawsuit Claims
“This is a case about a big business stealing from a small business,” lawsuit filed on behalf of VoxTonePRO says