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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Endeavor and WWE Close Merger, Create TKO Group Holdings
The new company, which combines mixed martial arts league UFC and wrestling, produces 350 live events per year
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Elon Musk Blurs Lines of Authority With CEO Linda Yaccarino, Report Says
The X owner still makes content decisions that appear to override some of his CEO’s efforts to draw advertisers back to the platform, the Wall Street Journal says
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Google, YouTube to Require AI Disclosure on Political Ads
Starting in November, all ads must acknowledge use of artificial intelligence that creates or alters images, video and audio content
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UFC and WWE Merger Sets Close Date, NYSE Launch as TKO Group
The MMA league and wrestling powerhouse will form a new company, TKO Group Holdings, beginning Tuesday
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Rolling Stones to Release First Studio Album in 18 Years
The band teased a Wednesday announcement for “Hackney Diamonds”
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Elon Musk Threatens to Sue the Anti Defamation League, Blames Org for 60% Ad Revenue Drop
“To clear our platform’s name on the matter of antisemitism, it looks like we have no choice,” Musk says
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Disney Shares Rebound Despite Spectrum TV Channel Blackout
14 million Spectrum customers lost access to Disney networks, including ABC and ESPN, on college football’s opening weekend
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X to Start Collecting Users’ Biometric, Employment Data
The social-media platform’s updated privacy policy offers hints at the evolution owner Elon Musk is aiming for
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Was it Trump or AI? Interview With Former President Prompts ‘Prank’ Comments (Video)
Journalist John Solomon’s interview with the former president sounds choppy and artificial, leading some to suggest it was fake
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Saudi Investment in MMA Competitor Sends Endeavor, WWE Stock on Wild Ride
Endeavor’s UFC and World Wrestling Entertainment are set to finalize their merger by the end of the month
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Gannett Pauses Use of AI-Written Stories After Brutal Social Media Pushback
Stories mocked include a description of a scoreboard in “hibernation” and a “close encounter of the athletic kind”
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Netflix Biopic ‘Nyad’ Directors Push Back Against Criticism of Cuba-Florida Swim
Annette Bening stars as Diana Nyad, whose 2013 swim raised questions from some in the community
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Christopher Nolan Cut 30 Days From ‘Oppenheimer’ Filming to Boost Budget for Los Alamos Set
Production designer Ruth De Jong dishes on working with the director and the location challenges the film presented
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Facebook Takes Down Over 7,700 Accounts Linked to Chinese Misinformation Campaign
Parent company Meta says the campaign targeted more than 50 platforms, including X, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and Medium
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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg to Go Face-to-Face Next Month in AI Meeting With Chuck Schumer
The rivals, plus leaders from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and more, will discuss regulating artificial intelligence with Congress
