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Sharon Waxman On the Business of Entertainment
The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot
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Fox’s Liebling Headed to Universal
The executive is best known for her relationships with Hollywood’s top comedy hit-makers.
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Screening ‘This Is It’: Part of the Healing Process
The Michael Jackson concert film gets a rare standing ovation at a Wrap screening. What’s that about?
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Hobbit-Lovers Wait: It’s Likely Pushed to 2012
Executives around the two-parter say that with no script and no greenlight, release is unlikely before 2012 and 2013.
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Murdoch, Finkelstein Close in on Nielsen’s THR: Is $70M Too Much?
Lachlan, not Rupert, is after the entertainment trade, along with an investor group.
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Paramount Sticks With Peli, Picks Up ‘Area 51’
Followup to breakout hit ‘Paranormal Activity’ will open in 2010.
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Hollywood’s Power Shift: Fewer, More Dominant Players
The coming Comcast-NBCU deal and demise of MGM will redraw Hollywood’s power lines.
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Glickman Argues Back — He Got $480M in the ’08 Stimulus Bill
Wanted: a mogul-wrangler who understands the entertainment business
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Nielsen THR Sale Approaches; Is Lachlan Murdoch Involved?
Finkelstein’s News Communications deal for Billboard, other entertainment titles to close imminently.
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California Tightens Energy Rules for Flat-Screen TVs
California Energy Commission votes 5-0 in favor of the nation’s first efficiency regulations for televisions of up to 58 inches sold in the stat
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Seller Beware: Finkelstein Courted, Dumped IWantMedia
One insider says the Nielsen-owned THR will go to Jimmy Finkelstein by weekend
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A Paramount-American Airlines Junket, Up In the Air
American Airlines provides a 767 jet, gratis, for a promotional party 30,000 feet up.
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Deal Nears: NBC Universal Board Set, With Comcast in Majority
Insiders says deal won’t be done this weekend, but it’s close.
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MGM Buys More Time: Lenders Forbear, Again
December deadline for interest payments get extended until January
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Sale? Nielsen Business Media Aflame With Earnings Down 28%
But CFO Brian West says that “iconic” titles like the Hollywood Reporter should be kept.