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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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The Nikki Finke Photo: The Daily vs. Deadline (Updated: Nikki responds)
The blogger faces the thing she fears most: a photo, in Rupert Murdoch’s new Daily. Now it’s war
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The Internet Remembers: Nikki Finke’s DOA Verdict on HuffPo (updated)
In 2005, Finke called HuffPo — which sold on Sunday for $315 million — “the sort of failure that is simply unsurvivable”
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Charlie Sheen to Everybody Else: You Turds Don’t Get It
The actor, now in rehab, texts: “Guy can’t have a great time and do his job also?”
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Warner Brothers: ‘Two and a Half Men’ Secondary; Let’s Get Charlie Healthy
Shooting on the show next week may have to be postponed if Sheen has surgery on Friday
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Happy Second Birthday to TheWrap! (Includes Photo of Cake)
It’s been a wild ride thus far, full of unexpected twists and turns and the most unpredictable changes in media and in Hollywood media in particular. I’m proud to say we are now a company 20 people strong
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Flushed! Jeff Gaspin, Steve Burke and the $200,000 Bathroom
Gaspin’s overpriced bathroom started Steve Burke’s dissaffection with the executive, who will leave his job at the top of NBCU next week
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Will Tribune Co. Sell its Newspapers Post-Bankruptcy?
The bloodletting at L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune has been staunched, but the money guys who are likely to take over may not care
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Exclusive: Comcast-NBCU Merger Expected to Close Jan. 28
The Comcast-NBCU merger is poised to get FCC approval this week, with a final close of the deal planned for January 28, TheWrap has learned.
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Exclusive: HFPA’s Phil Berk Denies Personal Gain from NBC with Chrysler Ad Buy on Golden Globes
In a statement to TheWrap, Berk denies demanding a kickback from NBC for Chrysler, saying it was a commission to the HFPA
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Dick Clark to HFPA: ‘Our Contract Is in Force’
Exclusive: On eve of Golden Globes, the CEO of Dick Clark Productions says its contract with HFPA has automatically renewed — HFPA says no it hasn’t
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Charlie Sheen’s Earache Pales Next to Warner Bros.’, CBS’ Headache
While Sheen nursed an earache, executives close to the show – and his own team – continue to worry over the hard partying actor’s behavior
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Oren Aviv Grilled: ‘Harness Technology, Information to Market Movies’
“Marketing is the most dynamic area of the business right now — it’s where innovation and breakthrough thinking is happening most frequently and to greatest effect”