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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Founder of ‘Meme Stocks’ Forum Sues Reddit After Being Booted From Platform
The forum hyped stocks like AMC Entertainment, sending shares on wild rides
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Roku Shares Jump 8% After Q4 Results Show Strong Subscriber Growth
The streaming device maker offered an upbeat forecast for the current quarter; analysts responded with upgrades, price target hikes
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Penny-Pinching Marvel Chair Ike Perlmutter Played Key Role in Peltz-Disney Proxy Fight (Report)
Perlmutter has longstanding tensions with Disney CEO Bob Iger
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Paramount Puts Stephen King Publisher Simon & Schuster Back Up for Sale
The book publisher is back on the block after a $2.2 billion deal with Penguin collapsed in November
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News Corp. Stock Falls 8% Amid Layoffs and Lackluster Earnings
The publisher of the Wall Street Journal and HarperCollins said it plans to cut 5% of its workforce
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Lachlan Murdoch Was Offered $2 Billion for Fox Streamer Tubi, but He Turned It Down (Report)
Fox Corp. has rejected multiple offers for the FAST streaming service, seen as a key revenue generator for the future
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Doris Bergman, Hollywood Publicist, Dies in LA House Fire at 68
The longtime host of gift lounges linked to awards shows and celebrity events perished alongside her husband, Albert Sassoe
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NewsNation Reporter Released From Jail Following Arrest at Ohio Governor’s Press Conference
“No journalist expects, to be arrested when you’re doing your job,” says NewsNation’s Washington Bureau Chief Evan Lambert
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Disney’s Iger Would Consider Selling Hulu Stake: ‘Everything Is on the Table’
The CEO questioned whether “general entertainment” has a place in Disney’s future
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Disney Shares Jump 4% as Wall Street Cheers Cost Cutting Plans
Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors the company would remove $5.5 billion in costs, eliminate 7,000 jobs
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Comcast Continues Selloff of BuzzFeed as It Sheds Another 5.1 Million Shares
The media conglomerate dropped its stake in the listicle maker to 16% from about 20% with latest stock sales
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Disney to Hold Vote on Controversial Activist Investor’s Proposals This Spring
The entertainment giant urged shareholders to nix Nelson Peltz’s effort to obtain a seat on Disney’s board at April 3 annual meeting
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Google Aims to Overtake ChatGPT’s Head Start With Launch of AI Chatbot ‘Bard’
The test phase of the service follows a $300 million investment last week in another AI startup
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Nintendo Cuts Revenue Outlook Due to Low Switch Sales, but Raises Salaries 10%
The results accompanied speculation about a “special edition” Switch release to boost demand
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AI Start-Up Anthropic Nets $300 Million From Google as Chatbot Race Heats Up
The company has developed a rival product called “Claude”
