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.
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Trump Media SPAC Partner Must Pay $18 Million to Acquire Truth Social, SEC Says in Settlement
Digital World Acquisition Corp. must pay the fine before it can combine with the Truth Social parent, but it’s not clear if the deal is still in the works
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Threads Engagement Plunges 70% After Record Signups (Report)
The Instagram-linked Twitter rival drew more than 100 million signups in its first week, but most users spend just 4 minutes a day on the app
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Apple Is Slowly Developing ‘Apple GPT’ Chatbot to Rival Google, Microsoft (Report)
The fast uptake of products like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard has Apple working on its own AI tool, but the company is being cautious before making it available to the public
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Netflix Shares Fall 8% on Mixed Second-Quarter Results
The company reported solid subscriber growth but missed Wall Street expectations for revenue and EPS
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Google Pitches AI Newswriting Product to New York Times, Washington Post
The Times, Washington Post and WSJ parent New Corp. have all seen demonstrations presenting it as a tool to help journalists
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Local Broadcast Stations to Press FCC for Modernized Streaming Rules
A new advocacy group will seek to give them the right to negotiate directly with streaming services
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Ukranian Director-Turned-Soldier Oleg Senstov Injured in Battle
The “Rhino” director, in combat since the early days of Russia’s invasion, was also awarded the French Legion of Honor last week
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Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Uses AI-Generated Trump Voice in Withering Iowa Ad (Video)
The AI Trump gives a voice to a Truth Social post from the former president
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A Not-So ‘Cruel Summer’: Taylor Swift’s Tour Gets Nod for Boosting Economy
Cities hosting the influx of Swifties for the Eras tour are seeing spending beyond their “Wildest Dreams”
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Tucker Carlson Working With ‘Daily Caller’ Co-Founder Neil Patel to Fund Media Project (Report)
The fired Fox host is planning to create a company that uses Twitter as its “backbone” and relies on subscriptions
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Twitter Slaps Back at Surge of FTC Enforcement, Asks Court to Nix Musk Deposition
The site filed suit in a California federal court hours before the FTC chair appeared on Capitol Hill
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Anonymous Content Inks Deal With Public Media’s GBH
“The Stranger” producer will mine the IP of the media company that made Julia Child a star for projects to adapt for film and TV
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Canada Softens Proposed Rules to Force Google and Meta Pay for News Content After Blocking Threats
Critics say changes appear to address Google’s complaints about enforcement but for Meta, “it’s hard to see a road back”
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Tucker Carlson to Host Republican Presidential Forum on Glenn Beck’s Blaze Media – But Trump Won’t Be There
The ousted Fox News host will go face-to-face with five other Republican candidates in his first major public event since he was fired
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WSJ Marks 100 Days Since Reporter Evan Gershkovich Arrested in Russia
A hashtag campaign aimed at offering support and keeping his name in the public eye spreads across social media
