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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Meta Shares Soar 14% on Revenue Jump, Antitrust Win
The Facebook parent reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter thanks to ad revenue, daily user gains
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Comcast Cuts the Cord: Cable TV Customers Drop Below 50% of Company’s Connectivity Clients for First Time
Video subscribers shrank in the first quarter as the company’s broadband business held steady
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Alphabet Growth Slows Again in Q1 as YouTube Ad Revenue Falls for 3rd Quarter in a Row
The video service’s ad woes, with sales down 3%, reflect an industrywide spending slowdown
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NBC News Nabs The New Yorker’s David Rohde to Cover National Security
The Pulitzer-winning reporter was held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008-09
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Spotify Users Grow 22% to 515 Million in First Quarter
The streaming service posted a wider-than-expected loss of $1.24 per share but shares rose on user growth, revenue forecast
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Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded’ Label From NPR, PBS After News Orgs Quit Platform in Protest
The news organizations had stopped posting on Elon Musk’s platform amid dispute over “state-affiliated” and “government-funded” labels
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Lachlan Murdoch Drops Aussie Defamation Case After Defendants Seek Dominion Filings
The Australian digital news outlet Crikey aimed to back up its criticism of the Murdochs with details from the U.S. case settled this week
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Walt Disney World to Move Ahead With Affordable Housing Complex Despite DeSantis Dispute
The development was announced last year before the Florida governor’s allies mounted efforts to wrest control of the House of Mouse’s governing district
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Fox News May Score $213 Million Tax Write-Off From Dominion Settlement
The media outlet may be able to deduct nearly a third of the $787.5 million payout as the cost of doing business
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BuzzFeed News Shuttering Amid 15% Company-Wide Layoffs
“It might not feel this way today, but I am confident the future of digital media is ours for the taking,” BuzzFeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti wrote in a staff memo
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Elon Musk Tells Tucker Carlson He’ll Launch ChatGPT Rival After Taking Credit for Original: ‘I Came Up With the Name’ (Video)
The billionaire wants to create an AI that “understands the nature of the universe” and won’t be taught to “lie”
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Wall Street Journal Reporter Held in Russia on Spying Charges Denied Bail by Moscow Court
Evan Gershkovich was calm but stressed in his first public appearance since his March 29 arrest
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Bob Iger Covers Time 100 Most Influential People Following Disney Return
The CEO, praised for his leadership and pragmatism, is among honorees that span entertainment, sports, politics and business
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s 2022 Take Home Pay Plunges to $1.3 Million
The CEO warns that Amazon Web Services faces “headwinds” but sees growth ahead in chips, AI and advertising
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YouTube Launches Discounted NFL Sunday Ticket Pricing Plans as Part of New Google Partnership
The Google company, which is offering $100 discounts in a presale, said the service will be available to anyone with Internet service
