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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Entertainomics: Taylor Swift, Beyonce, ‘Barbenheimer’ Pump $8.5 Billion Into US Summer Economy
Bloomberg economists expect blockbuster concert tours and movies to add to U.S. economic growth in summer months
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Fran Drescher Says Rousing SAG Speech Was Unscripted: ‘That Just Kind of Came Out of My Mouth’
The union president calls the Hollywood strikes “an inflection point”: “This is not like any past negotiation”
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Kevin Hart Lands in Wheelchair After Attempt to Race Ex-NFL Pal: ‘I Can’t Walk’ (Video)
“What was I thinking?” the comedian riffs in an Instagram video. “I got to be the stupidist man alive”
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Maddow Fingers DeSantis as ‘Worst’ Performer in GOP Debate ‘Just by Being Bad at Talking’ (Video)
“I don’t remember a single thing Ron DeSantis said,” MSNBC host Jen Psaki agrees
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WGA East: Cops Who Raided Kansas Newspaper Must be ‘Held Accountable’
The tiny Marion County Record has seen support from a wide range of organizations after police seized computers and equipment
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8 Candidates Make the Cut for First Republican Debate
The field will face off in Milwaukee without the frontrunner, former President Trump
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IBM Sells The Weather Channel Assets to Tech Investment Firm
Francisco Partners will acquire the broadcast network, weather.com and more
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How Rock Stars Fleeced Millions From a Pandemic Program Intended to Save Small Arts Groups
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant distributed $14.5 billion that included large sums to Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Steve Aoki and more, an Insider investigation found
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New York Times Moves to Block AI Training From Published Content, Adds Ban to Terms of Service
The news outlet’s terms of service updated last week to prohibit using its content to train machine learning systems
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Herbert J. Siegel, Entertainment Industry Mogul, Dies at 95
The consummate deal-maker sold TV stations to Rupert Murdoch and helped broker Warner Bros.’ merger with Time
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Twitter ‘Rebrand’ Auction Hawks 584 Lots, From HQ’s Modular Sofas to Giant Bird Cages
Motorized logos, paintings and plenty of office furniture are up for bids in two-day auction starting Sept. 12
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Meta Is Rehiring Some of the 10,000 Staffers It Laid Off This Year (Report)
The social media giant is refilling technical, engineering roles with former staffers, sometimes at lower salaries
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California Economy Lost $3 Billion in First 100 Days of WGA Strike, Economist Says
The figure could climb to $5 billion if the strike lasts until October, a Cal State Northridge professor estimates
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Mike Pence Qualifies for First GOP Debate by Meeting Donor Requirements
The former vice president challenged his old boss to show up at the Aug. 23 event in Milwaukee
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Dish Posts Sharply Lower Q2 Profit, Sets Deal to Recombine With EchoStar
The company is shifting greater focus to mobile by bringing the satellite communications business back into the fold
