Eileen AJ Connelly is a veteran journalist and educator who joined TheWrap in 2022 as a business reporter. She’s covered the insurance industry, the real estate industry and Wall Street for a number of publications and previously worked at The Associated Press, Dow Jones Newswires, the Staten Island Advance. She is also an editor at the New York Post and teaches journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York.
Experience:
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Studio Stocks See Immediate Gains Following Deal to End SAG-AFTRA Strike
Disney sees an extra boost from strong quarterly results
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Meta Bans the Use of Its AI to Create Political Ads for Facebook, Instagram
Generative tools are available to advertisers – but they can’t be used for politics, housing, employment and other ad categories
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino ‘Working on Terms’ of Deal to Keep Tucker Carlson on X (Report)
The dilemma is that keeping former Fox News host on platform could repel the advertisers she was hired to bring back
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Jeff Zucker Doesn’t Miss CNN, Except When Major News Breaks
The former CEO denies speculation his investment fund aims to buy the news network, but says he would consider it
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Paramount Global Shares Jump 10% on Strong Q3 Results
The company told investors it is moving toward a profitable streaming business as subscribers reach 63 million
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Cinemark Sees the Future in Nontraditional Films Like Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’
CEO Sean Gamble says the success of movies like “Sound of Freedom” accounted for nearly 14% of Cinemark’s Q3 domestic box office
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‘Barbenheimer’ Lifts Cinemark to $875 Million in Q3 Revenue
The movie chain beats projections as revenue rises 35% year over year thanks to Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan’s big hits
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MediaRadar Buys Kantar’s AI-Powered Ad Data Unit Vivvix
The price of the deal, which will bring MediaRadar data on local TV, radio and search, was not disclosed
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Hunter Biden Scolds Fox News for ‘Demonization’ of His Addiction Battles: ‘Vile Disinformation Campaign’
The first son seethed over his portrayal, claiming it will make it harder for other addicts to attempt recovery
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Strong Q3, Solid Outlook Push Roku Shares Up 21%
The results got mixed reviews from analysts, but traders sent the stock soaring
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KKR Closes $1.62 Billion Purchase of Simon & Schuster
The book publisher is now a standalone company for the first time since 1975 after Paramount Global sale
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Meta Launches Paid Facebook, Instagram Subscriptions in Europe
Aiming to comply with European regulations on data privacy, Meta will also see a new revenue stream from paid users
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Israeli Government Denies Press Credential for Rolling Stone Reporter: ‘Not a News Organization’
“We are not dealing with this gentleman, thank you,” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s foreign press director says
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Three Dozen States Sue Meta, Allege Facebook and Instagram Harm Kids
The lawsuits say social media exploits youth for profit and damages their mental health
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The Messenger Staffers Stir Unionization Talk Amid Whispers the Startup News Site Is ‘Out of Money’ (Report)
The site launched in May with $50 million backing, but draws a fraction of its promised traffic of 100 million monthly views
