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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The Beatles Long-Shelved Doc ‘Let It Be’ to Hit Disney+ Next Month After Peter Jackson Restoration
Jackson says the 1970 film “completes” his “Get Back” docuseries and will stream on May 8
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Cross-Border State Rivalries Drive Up Size of Production Subsidies
Oklahoma beats out Texas for some films and series; New York sweetens its pot to counter efforts by New Jersey
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YouTube Trick-Shot Stars Dude Perfect Score $300 Million Investment
Private equity firm Highmount Capital said it’s partnering with the quintet it called a “media juggernaut”
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Cinemark Stock Jumps 6% on Rare Double-Upgrade From Analysts: ‘Movies Are Back!’
Wells Fargo boosted its rating on the stock from “Sell” directly to “Buy”
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NYC Metro Area, Northeast Shaken by 4.8 Earthquake
The temblor was centered in New Jersey, but the shaking was felt from Baltimore to New Hampshire
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Entertainment and Media Jobs Decline in March, Despite Overall Gains Nationwide
The industry dips came even as a robust 303,000 jobs were added to the U.S. labor rolls last month
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Spotify to Raise Subscription Price Again This Year | Report
After its first-ever price hike in July, the streaming giant will seek another increase in the U.S. later in 2024
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Forbes Caught Stuffing Digital Ads Meant for Dot-Com on Clickbait ‘Ghost’ Site | Report
The copycat site repackaged Forbes’ work into clickbait listicles and slideshows, The Wall Street Journal reports
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Kiss Sells Music Catalog, IP to ‘ABBA Voyage’ Creators Pophouse With Eye Toward Digital-Performance Future
A biopic, an avatar show, and a Kiss themed experience are already planned in deal Gene Simmons insists is a “collaboration”
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Taylor Swift Joins Forbes’ Billionaires Rankings
The “Gold Rush” singer is the first to make the magazine’s list of the world’s richest people on just music and ticket sales
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Sports Illustrated Owner Sues Arena Group, Claiming It Owes $48.75 Million
Authentic Brands says Arena Group majority owner Manoj Bhargava deliberately missed payments on magazine’s license so he could fire the staff, interfered with transfer to new publisher
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Another Major Shareholder Backs Disney as Proxy Battle Nears Conclusion
Norges Bank Investment Management votes for Disney’s board nominees ahead of Wednesday’s annual meeting
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Biden Marks Anniversary of Reporter’s Arrest in Russia With Promise to Bring Him Home
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested on a reporting trip one year ago
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Cesar Chavez’s Family Angered by RFK Jr.’s Use of Labor Icon’s Photo for Campaign
The image, which also features the candidate’s father, is part of a promotion for a campaign event marking Chavez’s birthday
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Blackwells Capital Sues Disney Seeking Details of ValueAct Relationship
The latest development in the Disney proxy battle has the activist investor airing “credible suspicion of wrongdoing” at the House of Mouse
