Josh is a Senior News Editor at TheWrap. He is a veteran wire-service journalist who moved from New York to Los Angeles in 2008 to revamp the entertainment department of the Associated Press. He’s covered all facets of the industry ever since, first joining TheWrap in 2009 as a part of the fledgling digital Hollywood trade’s small and scrappy staff. After stints as Film Editor at Variety, Mashable’s first Entertainment Editor (and even a hot minute at TMZ), Josh returned to TheWrap for a third tour of duty in early 2022.
Experience:
Resides In:
Joshua Tree, CA
Education:
Josh received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Communication from the University of Minnesota.
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The panel of nine men and three women deliberated across 10 days before reaching split verdict
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‘Fortnite’ Developer Epic Games Settles FTC Charges of Collecting Children’s Info and Duping Consumers for $520 Million
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Drew Griffin, Award-Winning Investigative Journalist for CNN, Dies at 60
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“I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system,” Heard said
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Even Pro-Elon Musk Journalists Think His Twitter Ban for Doxxing Went Too Far
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Twitter Suspends Accounts of Several Journalists Who Covered or Criticized Elon Musk
It wasn’t immediately clear why the accounts had been suspended
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Los Angeles Magazine Sold to Attorneys Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas for More Than $6 Million
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Harvey Weinstein Jury Completes First Full Day of Deliberations With No Verdict
With 44 prosecution witnesses and four charged crimes, this could take several days
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Danny Masterson Prosecutors’ Terrible Choice: Retry a Rape Case a Jury Soundly Rejected or Let Him Walk? | Analysis
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