Tech and business reporter • sean@thewrap.com • @SeanB44
Experience:
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Spotify Adds Record 11 Million Premium Subscribers and Posts First Annual Profit
The music streaming giant hit 263 million paying customers in Q4 and closed 2024 with a $1.18 billion profit
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Apple’s Emergency Request to Halt Google Antitrust Remedy Trial Denied
Delaying the April trial would “only perpetuate” Google’s “unlawful” search monopoly and harm the public, Judge Amit Mehta ruled
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Trump Halts Canadian Tariffs as Trudeau Appoints ‘Fentanyl Czar’
Canada will send 10,000 “frontline personnel” to the northern border in a move that mirrors what Mexico did earlier Monday
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Trump Says Elon Musk ‘Won’t Do Anything Without Our Approval’ Amid Concerns Over His Political Influence
The president backs the tech billionaire after Hillary Clinton called him an “unelected oligarch” on Monday
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Colin Cowherd Takes Sick Day Live on Air | Video
The FS1 host said he was “getting very, very sick, very, very quickly” before abruptly exiting
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Trump Pauses Tariffs on Mexico as Country Pledges 10,000 Troops for Border Enforcement
The president says he had a “very friendly conversation” with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about stopping “the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants”
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Tech Stocks Drop Steeply, Wall Street Exchanges All Dive After Trump Tariffs
Nineteen of the 20 biggest companies saw their share prices drop in early trading on Monday
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Forbes Cuts 5% of Jobs as Media Bloodbath Continues
The layoffs at the business outlet come after new CEO Sherry Phillips said Forbes failed to meet its financial goals
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Trump White House Receives 10,000 ‘New Media’ Applications After Widening Scope of Press Access
Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump’s administration wants to highlight voices outside the “legacy” media outlets
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Apple Files Emergency Motion to Stay Google Monopoly Trial
The iPhone maker would suffer “clear and substantial irreparable harm” if it cannot play a bigger role in the upcoming Google remedies trial, according to new court filings
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Chuck Todd Exits NBC News in Latest Media Shakeup
The “Meet the Press” host has been meeting with other news outlets in recent weeks ahead of his departure
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Apple Reports Record $124.3 Billion Revenue Despite China Decline
The tech giant offset a modest iPhone sales dip with strong results from Europe, subscriptions and iCloud
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Trump Blames Democrats’ DEI Programs and Other ‘Disaster’ Policies for DC Plane Crash | Video
Pete Buttigieg responds after the president said diversity policies pushed by Obama and Biden led to worse safety standards
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Captain Sully Offers His Take on American Airlines 5342, Helicopter Collision
Chesley Sullenberger tells “Morning Joe” about the “common technique” he thinks went awry during the fatal plane crash
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Elon Musk: ‘Invasive’ Don Lemon Interview Led to Canceled X Deal
The X boss was not happy with Lemon’s “sprawling” interview that touched on his mental health and alleged medication use, court documents suggest
