Jeff Roberts
Jan 31, 2012 3:15 PM
For decades, publishers have tried and failed to use the law of “hot news” to chase competitors from their stories. This hasn’t dissuaded Penske Media and its controversial editor, Nikki Finke, from trying again.
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 26, 2010 1:40 PM
Lori Burgess, whose tenure at OK Magazine became a Gawker soap opera, is succeeding Eric Mika as publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. Mika left last month, soon after Richard Beckman took over as CEO of new parent e5 Global Media in the latest round of that magazine’s own sudser. Burgess…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 11, 2009 12:45 AM
Could the latest chapter of The Hollywood Reporter saga be drawing to a close? A single-sourced report by TheWrap.com has Nielsen finally selling The Hollywood Reporter and trade sibs Billboard, Adweek, Brandweek and Mediaweek being sold to News Communications after more than a year on the block. Run by James…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 4, 2008 6:56 PM
The bloodbath in media continues, and this time, at the West Coast entertainment trades. We have learned that Hollywood Reporter has done a new round of major layoffs, and about 17 people were let go. That includes people in editorial, art and production, and no senior business executives were affected,…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 4, 2008 2:32 PM
Updated: Is it? That’s been the speculation for a long time now, and Sharon Waxman, the former NYT reporter, says that Hollywood Reporter and the other 41 trade papers in Nielsen Business Media division is up for sale, citing “two solid sources.” If true, this means that both the major…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 15, 2008 12:33 PM
Los Angeles’ media companies are bleeding, and it is not just restricted to LA Times: both the trades Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are doing their own reorg efforts. THR laid off 12 people last week, including 10 editorial staffers, reports Folio. The layoffs are part of Nielsen Business Media’s…
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Rafat Ali
Apr 28, 2008 12:44 AM
The Hollywood Reporter has refreshed its look in a major way starting this week: it has redesigned its main logo and the print magazine, and its online site has also relaunched, with a strange new tabloid-ish look. As THR’s new publisher Eric Mika told Reuters here, the new mag/site will…
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