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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Paramount Shares Rebound Over 5% on News of Cash Infusion
Controlling shareholder National Amusements, headed by Redstone, brought in the investment from BDT Capital Partners
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AMC Theaters Strikes Big-Screen Distribution Deal With Black-Culture Streamer Mansa
The deal reflects operators’ desire for more content to draw audiences into theaters
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Comcast, Disney ‘Tens of Billions’ Apart on Hulu Valuation, Now Aiming at Early 2024 Agreement (Report)
Amid various disputes, Comcast has stopped funding Hulu, leaving Disney to provide a loan to keep it going
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US Surgeon General Warns of Social Media Impact on Kids and Teens’ Mental Health
Dr. Vivek Murthy says “there is growing evidence that social media use is associated with harm to young people’s mental health”
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Judge Nixes Shareholder Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Twitter Buyout
The case claimed Musk manipulated the market by delaying disclosure of his purchases of Twitter shares
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Meta Reaches Deal to Sell Giphy to Shutterstock for $53 Million
The sale comes a year after British regulators found the 2020 purchase of the company was anticompetitive
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David Zaslav Backs CNN CEO After Trump Town Hall Uproar: Chris Licht Is ‘Rebuilding the Network’
“Advertisers don’t want to be part of an advocacy network,” the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO tells investors, “but they do want to be part of a news network”
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Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Images Violated Photographer’s Copyright
The decision over the limits of fair use could have major impact on new works of music, art and literature
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Penguin Random House, Pen America Sue Florida School District Over Book Bans
The federal lawsuit claims violations of the First and 14th Amendments
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Fox News, Dominion Both Slam Report Saying Tucker Carlson’s Ouster Was a Settlement Condition: ‘Categorically False’
Among Fox News’ hosts, Carlson was arguably the most skeptical of election-fraud claims in the aftermath of the 2020 vote
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Obama Blames ‘Splintered Media’ for Broken Politics: ‘We Almost Occupy Different Realities’ (Video)
The 44th president discusses efforts to combat gun violence and touts foundation work during an interview with ‘CBS Mornings’
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Peacock Inks $110 Million NFL Deal to Stream Wild Card Playoff Game
It will be the first time a postseason football game will mainly be aired by a streaming service
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Jack Dorsey-Backed Bluesky Gains Traction As App Downloads Surge 600% in April
The decentralized social messaging platform is attracting attention, but has a lot of catching up to do before it can take on Twitter
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News Corp Stock Jumps 6% on Cost Cutting Efforts Despite Revenue Declines
CEO Robert Thompson describes how the company is already using AI, says the technology “will have a profound impact” on the news business
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New Twitter CEO’s Biggest Goal Is to Convince ‘Erratic’ Elon Musk ‘Not to Fire Her,’ Axios Says (Video)
Media reporter Sara Fischer tells “CNN This Morning” the embattled Twitter owner’s “erraticness is a little bit of a cause for concern”
