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:
-
Elon Musk Sues OpenAI, Claims Microsoft Deals Violate Founding Mission
Musk, a founder of the nonprofit behind ChatGPT, says contracts with tech giant show focus on profit rather than “benefit of humanity”
-
Survey Finds 25% of New York Times Reporters Attended Ivy League Schools
A Nieman Lab review of reporter biographies finds the elite colleges “wildly overrepresented” in the newsroom
-
Oprah Exits Weight Watchers Board After Weight-Loss Medication Use Reveal
The billionaire media titan said she will donate her shares in the company to the National Museum of African American History
-
Regulators Probe Whether OpenAI CEO Shuffle Misled Investors
Sam Altman’s short-lived firing under the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission
-
Disney Slams Activist Investor Nelson Peltz Nominee’s ‘Track Record of Value Destruction’
The company ramps up its proxy battle defense by criticizing Peltz and Blackwells Capital in a letter to shareholders
-
Netflix Scraps iTunes Payments for Longtime Subscribers
Customers must switch to paying the streamer directly or get cut off; some say the change comes with hefty price hike
-
Sony Playstation to Lay Off 900 Staff in US and Europe
The gaming unit’s 8% workforce reduction includes U.S. cuts at Insomniac Games and Naughty Dog; London studio shuttering
-
Warner Bros. Discovery Shares Dive 13% on Q4 Results
The stock hit its lowest point since the company was created in 2022 following the disappointing report
-
Engadget Lays Off 10 Staffers in Latest Media Contraction
Editor-in-Chief Dana Wollman and Managing Editor Terrence O’Brien are among those let go at the tech-focused site
-
Max Will Be Available in Bundle With Mega Sports App, David Zaslav Says
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO confirms that joint venture app with Fox and Disney will access non-sports content
-
Silver Lake Set to Drop $7.4 Billion Bid for Endeavor: Analysts
Deutsche Bank says the private equity firm is ready to offer $30 a share for Ari Emanuel’s company
-
Reddit Inks $60 Million-a-Year Deal To Train Google AI Ahead of Expected IPO | Report
It’s the first deal the social media platform has made with one of the major artificial intelligence companies
-
Walmart to Buy TV Maker Vizio for $2.3 Billion
The deal is aimed at building the retail giant’s advertising business, taking advantage of the growth in FAST TV
-
Comcast, Paramount In Talks to Combine Streaming Platforms | Report
The parents of NBC and CBS could combine Peacock and Paramount+, which lag behind larger streaming players
-
Roku Shares Plummet 23% as Wall Street Sours on 2024 Outlook
A slowdown in industry spending and rising competition wiped out all of the stock’s gains in the last quarter
