Skip to main content
Sean Silcoff
StaffReporterTechnology Reporter
ssilcoff@globeandmail.com
Sean Silcoff writes about technology and innovation for the Globe and Mail. He is the winner of three National Newspaper Awards and is the co-author of Losing the Signal: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, which was released in May 2015. Losing the Signal won Canada’s National Business Book Award and was shortlisted for the international Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year. Sean joined the Globe and Mail in January 2012; he previously worked as a columnist and Montreal correspondent for the National Post and as a staff writer at Canadian Business Magazine.
Sean Silcoff abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

report on business
BlackBerry is promising pickup in financial results this year after muted first quarter
report on business
Ottawa targets high-income earners with increased minimum tax
report on business
RenoRun files for creditor protection
report on business
Ottawa moves to strengthen air passenger rights after ‘unacceptable’ flight delays, airport chaos
report on business
RenoRun may seek creditor protection after Tiger, government funds balk at financing plans
report on business
Magnet Forensics shareholders approve $1.8-billion takeover as dissident effort to stop deal falls short
report on business
Canada Drives files for CCAA protection after pandemic pivot to online car sales flops
report on business
Vertu Capital, Canada’s first private equity firm founded by a woman, closes $300-million inaugural round
technology
BlackBerry sells patents for US$170-million upfront in deal it says could be worth US$900-million
report on business
Torys, Denton lawyers defect to Mintz Levin as U.S. law giant invades Bay Street
report on business
Magnet Forensics’s $1.8-billion takeover draws conflicting recommendations from proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS
report on business
Canada’s banks are quietly picking up Silicon Valley Bank clients as U.S. sale process stalls
report on business
Magnet Forensics takeover endorsed by ISS, delivering second blow to deal opponent
report on business
Canada’s tech sector largely untouched by Silicon Valley Bank demise, but worries remain
report on business
OSFI takes control of Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian unit
report on business
Failure of Silicon Valley Bank stuns tech sector already reeling from downturn
report on business
Strong results from Magnet Forensics support opposition to takeover: dissident
report on business
Magnet Forensics takeover endorsed by proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones
report on business
Osler poaches two high-profile lawyers from Fasken to bulk up national tech practice
report on business
Effort to stop Magnet Forensics takeover gathers steam as more investors say they’ll vote against deal