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Could Oprah Be Leaving Broadcast TV? - Posted November 6, 2009
Is Oprah Winfrey ready to ditch her syndication deal and take her talk show to her new cable network OWN? Yes, according to Nikki Finke, who reports that the queen of daytime will soon announce that she will not be renewing her syndication contract with CBS Television Distribution and will be... [FishBowlNY]

Brauchli Discusses Salon Flap|Shepard Fairey|Self Layoffs|Hearst Tells Amazon It Will Work To Shorten Delivery Times|Nikki Finke's Powerful Women List - Posted October 19, 2009
FishbowlDC: The Washington Post's Marcus Brauchli addressed the Salon controversy in an online chat today. FishbowlLA: Shepard Fairey, the artist of the iconic Barack Obama posters, has admitted he lied about which Associated Press photo he used for his work. Gawker: Self laid off a couple staffers last week, including Stephanie Newhouse, a... [FishBowlNY]

Nikki Finke Blasts New Yorker Profile - Posted October 5, 2009
Yesterday, The New Yorker published a lengthy profile of Deadline Hollywood Daily blogger Nikki Finke. The article -- which name-checks some of the biggest players in Hollywood, muses on Finke's possible sources, describes her home office and even gets the woman of the hour on the record -- is woven through with... [FishBowlNY]

Nikki Finke is in The New Yorker - Posted October 5, 2009
Wowie, Nikki Finke is now in The New Yorker? First the front page of the New York Times and now a Tad Friend piece?! Is Nikki uber - uber-famous or are New York jounos getting lazy? Anyway, the piece is mostly nice to Nikki. And in case you're wondering - of course... [FishBowlLA]

HuffPost Reveals First "Game Changers" - Posted October 1, 2009
The Huffington Post is on a quest to find its game changers -- "100 people who are using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." Today, the online pub announced its 10 game changers in its entertainment and green categories. Two more categories will be announced every week for... [FishBowlNY]

Will Comcast Buy NBC Universal From GE? - Posted October 1, 2009
Rumors, theories and conjectures have been swirling since The Wrap reported yesterday that a deal between cable provider Comcast and GE-owned NBC Universal "had already been completed at a purchase price of $35 billion." But reps from Comcast later told Bloomberg, "the report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal... [FishBowlNY]

Huffpo Takes on Sharon Waxman - Posted October 1, 2009
Sharon Waxman reported Comcast had struck a deal to buy NBC Universal. This "exclusive" made everyone freak out and then shoot off releases and talk to other reporters saying it wasn't true. Waxman updated her story to soften the language. Nikki Finke commented on it with no soft language whatsoever. Waxman... [FishBowlLA]

Christiane Amanpour|THR, Variety Plan Changes|GalleyCat Correctly Predicts Oprah's Book Club Selection|WSJ Reveals Pricey Mobile App Pay Structure|Diller Will Use Cash To Reinvest - Posted September 17, 2009
TVNewser: CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour celebrated the launch of her new show "Amanpour" at Michael's yesterday, and chatted with Kevin Allocca. Says Kevin: "After the interview, Amanpour remarked, 'That's the tiniest lens I've every looked into.'" FishbowlLA/Folio: Nikki Finke reports that The Hollywood Reporter will be going online only next year, while... [FishBowlNY]

Hollywood Trade Papers Change and Charge - Posted September 17, 2009
According to Nikki Finke, The Hollywood Reporter is going online only next year. They will no longer print their daily glossy. And Variety will now be charging for content by allowing only subscribers to view their publication online. They had to do something, right? ... [FishBowlLA]

Columnist Archerd Dies|CBS Tries Bribing Blogger With $20 Gift Card|What Do New Yorkers Say They Like To Read On The Subway?|Daily Beast Hires 24-Year-Old Editor|Fallon Ends Olbermann-Beck Beef - Posted September 9, 2009
USA TODAY: Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd has died at age 87. Deadline Hollywood: CBS tried to bribe Nikki Finke into writing about upcoming show "The Good Wife" with a $20 Amazon gift card. She said -- in so many words -- no thanks. New York Times: A survey of 8,000 readers has... [FishBowlNY]

Bonnie Fuller Returns To Editor-In-Chief Spot at Celeb Web Site - Posted July 17, 2009
She once helped celebrity magazine Us Weekly become a must-read and guided American Media, which publishes Star. Then Bonnie Fuller left the world of magazines last year to launch her own company, Bonnie Fuller Media. But now she's put those plans on hold, returning to a role as editor-in-chief -- of... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: Nikki Finke Story Maybe On Page One of NYT - Posted July 16, 2009
We just got word that a David Carr column about Nikki Finke "got offered" to run on page one of the New York Times tomorrow. Ooh big time. UPDATE: We got a confirmation that the story will be on page one tomorrow. We talked to Nikki and she was actually speechless. Speechless. Flabbergasted.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT Profiles Nikki Finke|New York Profile Subject Dash Snow Dies|Thomson Reuters Looks To Buy Breakingviews.com|Next New Networks Trims Staff|Shirky Talks Jounalism Subsidies - Posted July 15, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video FishbowlLA: The Los Angeles Times' James Rainey wrote an even-handed profile about Nikki Finke -- after the Internet journo scared the crap out of him. Unbeige: New York artist Dash Snow died Monday from a drug overdose. He gained notoriety in the New York art scene thanks to... [FishBowlNY]

James Rainey is Terrified of Nikki Finke - Posted July 15, 2009
LAT's James Rainey who's been penning media hit pieces sans actually interviewing the subjects (see Jill Stewart and Jillian Reynolds) decided to write about Nikki Finke. Did he interview her? Quote her? Fawn over her? Oh you betcha! "Why?" we wondered. Then we read his explanation in his column: Finke's words came faster... [FishBowlLA]

CyberFrequencies Interview With Nikki Finke - Posted June 30, 2009
Queena Kim and Tanya Jo Miller interview Nikki Finke. They mention Sharon Waxman's estimate of her selling her site for $14 million. Gawker's Managing Editor Gabriel Snyder is also on this episode. Listen here.... [FishBowlLA]

Talking Erotica On The Menu: Author Rachel Kramer Bussel Visits To Discuss The Industry, Book Trailers And Ippy Awards - Posted June 24, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, host Jason Boog welcomes AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven and erotic writer Rachel Kramer Bussel to talk about media headlines and some new book industry news. The trio discussed The Virginia Quarterly Review's story accusing Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson of plagiarism in his... [FishBowlNY]

Get Your Resumes Ready, Nikki Finke's Looking To Hire NY-Based Reporter - Posted June 23, 2009
Our sister blog FishbowlLA has news that "infotainment" columnist Nikki Finke has sold her breaking news Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com to Mail.com Media Corp. (MMC), "the digital media company that owns and operates the Mail.com portal and email service as well as a growing portfolio of lifestyle brands, including HollywoodLife.com, MovieLine.com and... [FishBowlNY]

Deadline Hollywood Daily Acquired by MMC - Posted June 23, 2009
Nikki Finke's infamous take-no-prisoners entertainment business blog has been acquire by MMC. From DHD: Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), the digital media company that owns and operates the Mail.com portal and email service as well as a growing portfolio of lifestyle brands, including HollywoodLife.com, MovieLine.com and OnCars.com, announced today its acquisition of the Internet's... [FishBowlLA]

Roger Friedman To File Wrongful Termination Suit Against News Corp. - Posted June 14, 2009
Fired FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman says it wasn't watching a pirated copy of the 20th Century Fox film "Wolverine" - and then writing about it - that got him fired, it was actress Kelly Preston, and other members of the Church of Scientology. That's the claim Friedman is expected to... [TVNewser]

Did NBCU Freeze Out Nielsen Business Media After Unfavorable Report? - Posted June 8, 2009
DeadlineHollywoodDaily's Nikki Finke writes a lengthy story about the lengths GE and NBCU have reportedly gone to ban access to Nielsen Business Media and The Hollywood Reporter in the wake of an unfavorable story about the GE stockholder meeting. The story, written by Paul Bond, was headlined "GE shareholders outraged over MSNBC... [TVNewser]

New Twilight Trailer Gets 5.3 million Online Views In First 24 Hours - Posted June 2, 2009
Nikki Finke calls it pent-up demand, and adds us the eyeballs: "Summit Entertainment has a count of 4.2 million views for the New Moon trailer from MySpace, and another 1.1 million from MTV.com, so that's 5.3 million combined views in the first 24 hours from its two domestic online launch partners." We... [FishBowlLA]

Village Voice Media Reports Their Blogs Get 40 Percent of All Pageviews - Posted May 21, 2009
Almost half of all pageviews for Village Voice Media papers (which include the LA Weekly) are from blogs. That's a big reveal on the future of the alt weeklies. From Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch: Bill Jensen, the director of new media who oversees all the Village Voice Media sites tells me that 40... [FishBowlLA]

PR Legend Lee Solters Dead at 90 - Posted May 18, 2009
Nikki Finke reports and we confirmed that Lee Solters passed away early this morning at the age of 90. Solters was the pub for people such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson and many others. ... [FishBowlLA]

LAT FOB: Media: Where Do We Go From Here? Panel - Posted April 27, 2009
The "Media: Where Do We Go From Here?" panel was moderated by LAT media scribe James Rainey. The panelists were Voice of San Diego's Andrew Donohue, Marc Cooper, TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and Arianna Huffington. Waxman strangely mentioned Nikki Finke's name five times during the panel. The first time there was laughter from... [FishBowlLA]

Kevin Spacey, Method Actor is Studying Abramoff Behind Bars - Posted April 24, 2009
This is a really fun bit from Nikki Finke. Awesome: EXCLUSIVE: My sources tell me that 2-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey and film director George Hickenlooper (Factory Girl, Hearts of Darkness) are right now visiting Washington DC lobbyist Jack Abramoff in Cumberland Federal Prison. Abramoff, of course, was responsible for one... [FishBowlLA]

Show Biz Reporters Exchange Barbs in NY Observer Piece - Posted April 23, 2009
You can read the whole story for yourself - but we'll sum it up: Sharon Waxman, Nikki Finke, Anita Busch, Patrick Goldstein and Brian Lowry all hate each other and claim that they are the ones that are the most journalistic. Basically, they're scratching each others' eyes out in a New York... [FishBowlLA]

Tentative Deal Between SAG And AMPTP - Posted April 17, 2009
Nikki Finke on Deadline Hollywood Daily has the statement from the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers: LOS ANGELES (April 17, 2008) - The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and Screen Actors Guild today announced that the parties have reached tentative agreement on successor... [FishBowlLA]

New Editor In Chief At Variety - Posted April 6, 2009
Peter Bart, Variety's editor in chief of 20 years, has been replaced by deputy editor Tim Gray. The article on the Variety website says Bart is being promoted. Nikki Finke has a different take: Bart's new title is "vice president and editorial director of Variety", but it's meaningless. He and the company... [FishBowlLA]

FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman Fired For "Promoting" Piracy - Posted April 5, 2009
DeadlineHollywoodDaily's Nikki Finke reports FOX has fired FoxNews.com entertainment writer, Roger Friedman. A column by Friedman, which has since been removed, seemed to endorse watching pirated DVDs in the wake of the "Wolverine" leak this week. According to Finke, Friedman wrote he had watched the upcoming movie by downloading it illegally, adding,... [TVNewser]

Chernin, Murdoch, and News Corp.: The Son Also Rises? - Posted March 5, 2009
Scoopmeister Nikki Finke is opining on the upcoming departure of Peter Chernin, Rupert Murdoch's number two man at News Corp. Finke suspects that perhaps Chernin wanted to be more than a "seat warmer" for the next generation of Murdochs:In terms of News Corp., the assumption has always been that the... [FishBowlNY]

Peter Chernin is Out at Murdoch's News Corp. - Posted February 23, 2009
After 12 years on the job as an 'ambassador' to Wall Street and in Hollywood for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Peter Chernin is leaving the company. From LAT: Peter Chernin, the highly regarded president of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and the executive who has paved the way for the global media giant on... [FishBowlLA]

What's Going On With Watchmen? - Posted January 9, 2009
This is the Japanese trailer with new footage! Stuff we've haven't seen before. Neat. Nikki Finke has the whole scoop on the back and forth between Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox. See our past coverage: Alan Moore's work is jinxed. ComicCon Watchmen panel.... [FishBowlLA]

Is Nikki Finke Recession Proof? - Posted December 29, 2008
In our coverage of the very quick melt down of media as we know it - we did a couple of posts about Christmas Eve layoffs at LA Weekly. One anonymous tipster asked: doesn't nikki finke work at la weekly is her job safe (sic) Sources tell us that Nikki Finke, "is... [FishBowlLA]

Finke And Her Scurrilous Rumors Are Denied - Posted December 19, 2008
Nikki Finke, blogging on Deadlinehollywooddaily.com, has gotten it wrong again. She proclaimed like a wild banshee that Hollywood Reporter publisher Eric Mika was out. And that head of advertising Rose Einstein was in. As seems to be par for the course for Finke, her ducks weren't all in a row. An insider at Nielsen, which... [FishBowlLA]

Could SAG Be Being Dumped by TV? - Posted December 17, 2008
Nikki Finke posted the statement from Twentieth Century Television: With all the uncertainty surrounding the stalled negotiations with SAG, TCFTV is indeed considering shooting its spring pilots under the AFTRA agreement. As for shows already in production, we are exploring every option including transitioning shows from SAG to AFTRA. And the LAT's Showtracker... [FishBowlLA]

Actors Petition SAG to Not Make Them Look Like Greedy Dirt Bags - Posted December 16, 2008
Some top actors are pleading with the Screen Actors Guild to not call for a vote on a strike next month. From NYT: In a petition, more than 130 well-known actors - including George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin and Sally Field - urged guild leaders to halt the strike authorization vote. "We support... [FishBowlLA]

Oscars Look To Who For Host? Hugh Jackman? Put Another Shrimp On The Barbie... - Posted December 12, 2008
The Oscars have been agonizing over a new host. Jon Stewart didn't work out. Whoopi Goldberg was too ethnic. And Billy Crystal didn't need the grief. According to Nikki Finke's, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, the Oscars movers and shakers offered the hosting job this year to Aussie actor Hugh Jackman. Yes, he's a song and dance... [FishBowlLA]

Variety Weekly Will Remain As Much -- Still Weekly - Posted December 6, 2008
Contrary to Nikki Finke's shrill bloggeristic rant that Variety would fold its weekly magazine into the daily paper, even in the dire financial straits that plague journalism, Hollywood's mouthpiece has no current plans for such. Variety president and publisher Neil Stiles told FBLA that the topic had been considered, but no decision... [FishBowlLA]

Viacom to Slash 850 Jobs - Posted December 4, 2008
Rumors about this have been floating around for a while now and looks like they are coming to pass. The AP is reporting that Viacom, owner of MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures, has announced it will slash 850 jobs or 7% of its workforce. In addition to... [FishBowlNY]

All-Out Blogger Warfare In Hollywood - Posted November 26, 2008
Nikki Finke and Sharon Waxman establish their blogging rights in Hollywood every day. Now, they're taking each other on, Hollywood Wiretap confirms. This time, it's personal. ... [FishBowlLA]

Schwarzenegger Wants To 'Stop The Bleeding' - Posted November 7, 2008
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and resident Terminator, in between sobbing over pal John McCain's resounding defeat to President-elect Barack Obama and worrying about this pending 10% sales tax increase, will call for a special session of the legislature to "stop the bleeding" in state spending, along with enacting tax incentives for... [FishBowlLA]

Solved! The Case of the Disappearing SNL Video - Posted October 8, 2008
Earlier this week we embedded the SNL vid of Saturday night's bailout sketch, later in the day (or maybe yesterday — in this news cycle who can tell) we noticed in passing that the video had gone dead. Truthfully, we just assumed that either we'd done a bad job with... [FishBowlNY]

Finke Inserts Herself Into Weinstein/Rudin Scrap - Posted September 30, 2008
Blogger Nikki Finke, as is her wont, has placed herself smack in the middle of this true Hollywood showdown between producers Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin. Nikki claimed that the New York Post's Page Six called her to gossip about Weinstein and his offer of a milion bucks for charity. At issue is... [FishBowlLA]

Harvey Weinstein Owes Nikki Finke $1 Million - Posted September 30, 2008
Rupert Murdoch may be losing a millions dollars a day this year, but he's not alone! Harvey Weinstein managed to lose a million dollars in just a few minutes yesterday. Here's what happened. The other day the inimitable Nikki Finke wrote a piece, purportedly based on an email... [FishBowlNY]

Village Voice Media Launches Four New Blogs - Posted August 6, 2008
Via our sister blog FishbowlLA comes word that Village Voice Media is in the process of launching four national blogs. FBLA's tip was confirmed by VVM internet head Bill Jensen who said that the blogs "won't be under the Village Voice URL," and that a number of them have already... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Exclusive: Village Voice Media Launching National Blogs - Posted August 6, 2008
We got a tip that Village Voice Media is going to launch four national blogs. Bill Jensen, described as 'the internet top guy' at VVM confirmed the tip. "They won't be under the Village Voice URL." Jensen explained. There has already been a soft launch for two of these sites, ToplessRobot.com (boy... [FishBowlLA]

Ina Treciokas Starts Her Own PR Firm - Posted August 3, 2008
FBLA has learned that Ina Treciokas, one of the top PR women in New York or L.A., has divorced herself from Kelly Bush's firm (another top PR femme) and started her own independent company. Details were available on Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Column (see below). Treciokas, who repped stars like Sarah Jessica Parker,... [FishBowlLA]

Ina Treciokas Starts Her Own PR Firm - Posted August 3, 2008
FBLA has learned that Ina Treciokas, one of the top PR women in New York or L.A., has divorced herself from Kelly Bush's firm (another top PR femme) and started her own independent company. Details were available on Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Column (click continued). Treciokas, who repped stars like Sarah Jessica... [FishBowlLA]

Vote for Time's Most Influential, and Please Let Nikki Finke Beat Perez Hilton - Posted April 4, 2008
Time has a poll--the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Go on, vote for Nikki Finke. We did. She's ahead of John McCain, Nicholas Sarkozy, and Vladimir Putin. Perez Hilton is at # 5, which is a sign of the end times. On the bright side, Nick Denton, at #204, beats Eliot... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 03.28.08 - Posted March 28, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You think it was not out of bounds to ask Chelsea the Monica Lewinsky question. Today's "Angry Journalist" rant of the day: "I find it insulting that people with god given talents... [FishBowlDC]

Oscar Hind-Sight is 20/20 - Posted February 25, 2008
The Academy Awards from the rear-view mirror: The Fug Girls should replace Kimora. Alessandra Stanley just about nails it, except for getting the Busey moment wrong. Worst clip montages ever--in some cases, stills were used, probably because there's no WGA payment involved. Obit sequence--where was Brad Renfro? Charles Lane? (Roy Schneider missed the deadline, no... [FishBowlLA]

Fired LAT Editor John Montorio: "It Was My Destiny" - Posted February 19, 2008
Ad Age reports that the American media work force is at a 15 year low--only 886,900 employed, thanks to the slumping newspaper industry. And speaking of slumping--whole lot of changes at the LA Times. The LAT, with paid circulation less than that number above, is now helmed by Russ Stanton, who lost... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 08 Strike: Reax to the DGA Deal-a-rama - Posted January 21, 2008
Nikki Finke is back, and her commenters are happy. She leads off with the provocative headline: That Shitty DGA Deal is at Least a Start which will be great to remember if the WGA signs on for that same deal. United Hollywood strike captains say: The DGA deal, as we understand it, is neither... [FishBowlLA]

What Did Leno Know and When Did He Know It? - Posted January 4, 2008
Jay Leno's late night triumph seems to hinge on his misunderstanding of the Guild rules, wilful or not. NBC says he got permission from Patric Verrone, which is backed up in the NY Times by that scourge of journalists--the unidentified source: One of Mr. Leno's writers who attended the meeting with Mr.... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.03.08 - Posted January 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Caucus Day! Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS You are torn as to whether The New York Time's hiring of Bill Kristol was a wise choice. REVOLVING DOOR Roll Call's Moira Bagley -- a FishbowlDC hottie -- is... [FishBowlDC]

WGA 07 Strike : What Happens Next? - Posted December 28, 2007
The readers of Nikki Finke (i.e., everyone who's still interested in the outcome of the WGA strike) respond to her question: What Should Happen Next? with varying degrees of naivete (get the general public involved!), realpolitik (prepare to take whatever the DGA gets), general nuttiness (go back to work now and then... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 07 Strike: Last Week of 2007 - Posted December 27, 2007
Nikki Finke ran an open letter to AMPTP from writers who've got pilot deals. The tone was a tich whiny, as her commenters pointed out, proving that her blog is read by the real Hollywood crowd, as opposed to the sweet, if clueless, fans. Ken Levine is on vacation in Hawaii. (You... [FishBowlLA]

Media Mavericks and Moguls: Ross Johnson - Posted December 7, 2007
Friday lunch at Orso was surprisingly fruitful, big name-wise, with Mel Brooks holding court at a table full of cronies, Larry David in a black velor tracksuit, and tall, blond and Brit Bill Nighy looking dreamy. Perfect for FBLA's new weekly feature, Lunch with Media Moguls and Mavericks. Ross Johnson surprised a... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted November 30, 2007
Evel Knievel dies at age 69. Martin Scorsese's newest film: La Clave Reserva Just in time for the holidays! KOST fires Kim Amidon, after 22 years. via Franklin Ave. Hollywood Bitchslap has an Oscar tote board up. Sasha Stone as well with better commentary but less useful visuals. EW lists the 50 Smartest... [FishBowlLA]

LA Press Club: National Journalism Awards - Posted November 28, 2007
The LA Press Club announces the National Entertainment Journalism Awards: Entertainment reporters, editors and critics across the country are invited to enter a new journalism contest that honors those who write, speak or blog about one of the nation's most important industries.... Through our new NEJ awards, we hope to reach hundreds of... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 07 Strike Week 4: Talk Amongst Yourselves - Posted November 26, 2007
Call United Hollywood Live at 12-1:30 p.m. Pacific (3-4:30 p.m. Eastern) Vote for the Striking Writers as I Want Media's media personality of 2007. (Perez Hilton? Are they high?) The NY Times tells all: about Nikki Finke. She's an alternative journalist? Bloomberg also pays attention. TV Guide's Online Video Award winners announced, which is... [FishBowlLA]

WGA 07 Strike Week 2: Represent! - Posted November 13, 2007
Nina Bargiel has been mistaken for flavor-of-the-moment Diablo Cody. What picketing is like. Writers aren't used to this much exercise. Rob Long explains the business model of sitcoms to Silicon Alley. Shocked merriment ensues. Joss Whedon's fans are researching a strike FAQ and chicken soup vendors. Nikki Finke picks the winners of... [FishBowlLA]

Producers Guild: Include Us Out of AMPTP - Posted November 12, 2007
FBLA has been waiting for this. The Producers Guild of America, which isn't a guild like the others, but more of a trade association, or even a club, wants to make sure that they're not confused with the Alliance Of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), aka the bad guys... [FishBowlLA]

WGA Strike News Updates - Posted November 1, 2007
Nikki Finke has opened her column up to reader comments about the WGA strike. Who knew she was so popular in Argentina? Finke's coverage is far and away the most comprehensive, too. KCET has already assured that the station's prizewinning A Place of Our Own will start in January, strike or no... [FishBowlLA]

Jeff Robinov Retrospective - Posted October 11, 2007
Seen above, in happier times, Warner's Alan Horn, producer Joel Silver, and in the role of Baby Bear, Jeff Robinov, president of production. Robinov, you may recall, was quoted by Nikki Finke as saying that Warner's was "longer doing movies with women in the lead". Gloria Allred called for a boycott, meaning... [FishBowlLA]

Elle's Women in Hollywood Roundtable - Posted October 11, 2007
Salon's Rebecca Traister sits in on Elle's Women in Hollywood round table discussion on the state of show biz, why there aren't more women directors, and so on. The group wonders why women don't go to opening weekends, forgetting that people watch movies lots of other ways than at the multiplex,... [FishBowlLA]

Nikki Finke Talks the Talk In ELLE - Posted October 10, 2007
Nikki Finke tells Lisa Chase--well, if not everything, a whole lot in ELLE. Great Line 1 Believe me, there's nothing worse in Hollywood than being called a putz and having all your pals read it. Great Line 2 ...I watch the Discovery Channel's Shark Week, to get behavioral pointers. I would love a... [FishBowlLA]

Kid Nation: The Ugliness Continues - Posted September 18, 2007
Nikki Finke says TV critics weren't the only ones who didn't receive screeners of the controversial Kid Nation reality/kidsploitation show. The CBS board of directors hasn't had the opportunity to see the show in advance, either. Nikki writes, "Instead, the directors will wind up watching the show along with the rest... [FishBowlLA]

Goddamn Stars Get The Shit Bleeped Out of Them--No Screwing Around on the Emmys - Posted September 17, 2007
Nikki Finke suggests everyone take off their tinfoil tiaras, and notice that Sally Field wasn't the only person to get bleeped last night. The network bleeped curse words three times during acceptance speeches last night: when Field used "goddamn" and when Katherine Heigl mouthed, "Oh shit", and when Ray Romano about... [FishBowlLA]

BREAKING: John Connolly---No Phone Records for Pellicano's Lawyers - Posted August 27, 2007
A win for journalists--a federal judge just granted Vanity Fair writer John Connolly's motion to quash the subpoena for his telephone records for the Anthony Pellicano case. Steven Gruel, Pellicano's lawyer had been lusting for Connolly's Verizon records. Nikki Finke has all backstory, for those not up to speed on this.... [FishBowlLA]

LA Observed Runs Patrick Goldstein's Killed Column - Posted July 24, 2007
Patrick Goldstein's Big Picture column for today was killed after he suggested the LAT make a pact with recording artists to give away scads of free CDs (a la Britain's Mail on Sunday). Newspapers, as you may have heard, are in deep doo-doo. While the Times still is a profitable business, our... [FishBowlLA]

WWD Editor's Note on Nikki Finke Piece - Posted July 18, 2007
Jacob Bernstein's editors released a semi-retraction in today's print edition of Women's Wear Daily: EDITOR'S NOTE: A WWD article on Hollywood writer Nikki Finke, published on July 6, page 16, was pulled last week from the paper's Web site, wwd.com. The article, by WWD features writer Jacob Bernstein, depicted Finke as a... [FishBowlLA]

WWD Not Talking About Jacob Bernstein, Nikki Finke - Posted July 16, 2007
WWD isn't talking about Jacob Bernstein's profile of Nikki Finke that disappeared from the online archives, despite being published over the July 4th weekend. Andrea Kaplan told FBLA "we have no comment". We asked Luke Ford if WWD was making him take down his post quoting from the story. He told... [FishBowlLA]

Jacob Bernstein's Nikki Finke Profile in WWD: MIA? - Posted July 15, 2007
Surely, it can't be a coincidence that the same weekend that FBLA gets an email from a high-powered PR type alerting us to the Jacob Bernstein profile of Nikki Finke in WWD, that Luke Ford and LA Observed also run posts about it. The story appeared in the July... [FishBowlLA]

Jeff Wells To David Poland: Play Nice - Posted June 22, 2007
We somehow have been cc'd into an ugly chain of e-mailed invectives between Nikki Finke, David Poland, Jeff Wells and the organizers of the L.A. Press Club Awards. This is the equivalent of watching other people's parents fight. It's uncomfortable, sure, but terrifically interesting stuff. So, from our inbox to you, here... [FishBowlLA]

LA Press Club: Does Something Stink? No, Says Finke - Posted June 17, 2007
Jeffery Wells, of Hollywood Elsewhere, sent Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke a (kinda) congratulatory e-mail that asks whether L.A. Press Club Award winners are chosen based on how many beers they throw back with the judges. Here's the exchange: Nikki- Congrats -- good for you, good work, hats off. That said, I have to... [FishBowlLA]

Why We (Heart) Nikki Finke - Posted June 12, 2007
We've officially arrived. It took nearly a year, but FBLA has finally registered on the radar of the venerable, incomparable, indispensable Nikki Finke. Well, actually, that statement was yet another example of the "inaccuracies," Nikki alludes to in her column this week about mediabistro.com. See, Nikki regularly writes us and our bosses at... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 06.08.07 - Posted June 8, 2007
Good morning Washington. An NBC release announced that "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' topped the Sunday morning public affairs competition, winning the week ending Sunday, June 3, 2007 in total viewers, homes and in the key demographic adults 25-54." On Sunday, "Meet the Press"... [FishBowlDC]

Nikki Finke Rankles Ben Silverman - Posted June 4, 2007
James Hibbard, at TV Week.com, reports that Nikki Finke got under the skin of NBC's newly anointed Ben Silverman with all that private plane stuff. Has he read what she wrote about Teri Weinberg? Weinberg allegedly takes credit for the sucess of The Office, which must be news to Greg Daniels. FBLA... [FishBowlLA]

Nikki Finke on Ben Silverman's Sweet Deal with NBC and All That Have Gone Before - Posted May 30, 2007
While we've not always agreed with Nikki Finke, her latest post is a work of genius, if only for her skill with Google Images. Never have so many people looked so dreadful--and with good reason. Writing about NBC's cozy deal with Ben Silverman, Finke pins Jeff Zucker to the wall, writing:... [FishBowlLA]

NBC Snags Reveille's Silverman, Blows Taps for Reilly - Posted May 29, 2007
FBLA's anonymous tip turned out to be true: NBC is trying to ditch Kevin Reilly, and right before prom, too. News of Reilly's replacement by Ben Silverman of Reveille Entertainment was emailed around town. Reilly himself found out via email. According to Nikki Finke, she knew before he did. (Think he's not... [FishBowlLA]

Changes At WSJ, NBC - Posted May 28, 2007
Some Memorial Day weekend job shuffling of note. First, from our own Revolving Door: Brian Steinberg, Wall Street Journal ad columnist, is headed to AdAge where he'll be the TV editor. And some big holiday weekend hustling at NBC, where Jeff Zucker has tapped reality mogul Ben Silverman to replace NBC Entertainment president... [FishBowlNY]

HBO's Chief Gets Whacked - Posted May 9, 2007
That didn't take long. A day after Chris Albrecht took a leave of absence from his post following a weekend in which he was arrested for allegedly beating his girlfriend, Time Warner has whacked the HBO chief executive. Nikki Finke reports that because of "Albrecht's past behavior with women at the... [FishBowlNY]

Chris Albrecht's Past Comes Back to Haunt Him - Posted May 9, 2007
Claudia Eller at the LA Times unearths Sasha Emerson, a former HBO exec and Albrecht romantic partner. Even though Emerson wouldn't comment on the story, her affair with Albrecht, the subsequent breakup and the inevitable hush money payout are all recounted. Emerson had a kid, left show biz and is an... [FishBowlLA]

Portfolio: 'CEO Porn To Masturbate' To? - Posted April 16, 2007
What the usual suspects — and others — are saying about Portfolio's launch: NYT: "Business is about power," Condé Nast Portfolio's editor Joanne Lipman writes in her first editor's letter. "And guts. And passion. Business coverage should be too." Business is also about brains, and Condé Nast's were certainly questioned when... [FishBowlNY]

'Unprofessional': Ex-Timesman Bernie Weinraub Fires Back At Times After Scathing Review - Posted April 11, 2007
Former New York Times Hollywood reporter Bernie Weinraub is furious over a scathing review of his new Off-Broadway play, the Accomplices, by a Times freelancer. "The reviews keep coming in, virtually of them good to excellent," Weinraub tells his "close friend" Nikki Finke. "Sure, some of them point out flaws in the... [FishBowlNY]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted April 6, 2007
What an insanely hectic week. Here's a look back at our favorite media stories: Sam Zell Buys Tribune: All hell breaks loose in the react and next-day story world, including a number of pieces about how David Geffen may or may not still be in the game. Nikki Finke wants us to... [FishBowlLA]

Will the LA Times Pulp the Grazer Guest Edit Section? - Posted March 22, 2007
Andres Martinez covers his butt in a blog post at the LA Times. He's quick to point out that he wasn't alone, no siree, in deciding that Brian Grazer was a swell choice as Guest Editor. "Two senior editors, besides me, agreed that Brian was a good choice" "we all read up on... [FishBowlLA]

Andres Martinez, Kelly Mullens, Brian Grazer: Three's Company - Posted March 21, 2007
FBLA thinks this is almost too good to be true: Andres Martinez, the Op-Ed Editor at the LA Times has been dating Kelly Mullens, who was an executive with Sitrick and Company. One of that firm's clients is Brian Grazer, the guest editor of this weekend's Current section. Former Sitrick exec.,... [FishBowlLA]

Nikki Finke Explains What's Wrong With Across the Universe - Posted March 21, 2007
Just the other day, David Carr in the NY Times admitted what we already knew: New Yorkers don't understand show biz all that much. And today, Hollywood's own Nikki Finke tears into Sharon Waxman's version of events surrounding art-chick Julie Taymor's battle with Joe Roth over some musical romance movie called... [FishBowlLA]

Is Hollywood Buying Nick Kristof's Story? - Posted March 16, 2007
It should. That's what Nikki Finke thinks about the Timesman's second annual "Win A Trip With Nick" contest, and seems to be, oddly, almost lobbying for: When Hollywood options this (and you will), remember you heard about it here first. ... Hint to Hollywood: Pitch this project as Animal House meets Blood... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Grazer: Editor for a Day at LA Times - Posted March 15, 2007
The LA Times is going for a guest editor for the Sunday Op-ed section, Current, and so picked the obvious candidate, Brian Grazer for the March 25th issue. From the press release: We asked Brian Grazer to kick off the program because we wanted to tap into his creative vision. Brian's an... [FishBowlLA]

Monday Morning Meta Media Mashup - Posted February 26, 2007
A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite (mostly) New York media pundits, what they're saying, why they're saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns! "A Cheeky Broadsheet's Tabloid Makeover" | David Carr, New York Times New York Times Carpetbagger and media reporter David Carr weighs in... [FishBowlNY]

Nikki Finke to Return to the LAT? No, But LA Mag Thinks She Should - Posted February 22, 2007
Los Angeles Magazine has a few suggestions for "fixing" the LAT -- one of them being that the paper of record lure Nikki Finke away from her post at LA Weekly. A excerpt per Hollywood Wiretap: She isn't always accurate (but)...she is almost alone in conveying a palpable excitement about what the... [FishBowlLA]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.22.07 - Posted February 22, 2007
This is a close one. Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks are in a tight race. Starbucks has the lead so far. An NBC release announced that "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" "was back on top as the most-watched network evening newscast during the week of February 12-16, 2007, attracting 10.168 million total viewers,"... [FishBowlDC]

Beyoncé Knocks 'Real' Swimsuit Models Off SI Cover - Posted February 15, 2007
Sports journalist and ex-Sports Illustrated editor Roy Johnson had the rumor scoop, and now we see he was right: Beyoncé is the 2007 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model. The "model" part is the point of contention for some media machers like Nikki Finke, who uses the occasion to note that... [FishBowlNY]

Slamdance, Sundance, Squaredance: The Buzz - Posted January 24, 2007
Slamdance Religous sex cultists from the Children of God broke up a screening of Noah Thompson's film about growing up in the cult. From the folks who brought us Cops: The King Of Kong. Sundance Nick Nolte I can't even get an erection anymore. All the noise about Hounddog can't hide the fact that... [FishBowlLA]

Times Shakes Up Its Hollywood Coverage - Posted January 23, 2007
Interesting insidery news from Nikki Finke, who has good grist on some Hollywood coverage changes at the New York Times. First, the Times is dropping L.A.-based movie editor Michael Cieply, adding him to its stable of Hollywood reporters, and replacing him with Lorne Manly, a long-time media reporter-turned-writer in New York. The... [FishBowlNY]

Golden Globe Gossip Round-up - Posted January 16, 2007
FBLA finds all the remarks worth repeating about the Golden Globes. WoW Report Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey started out strong, but lost focus. Best exchange: F: At least Annette Bening doesn't mind being on camera actually drinking. R: Drinking, with bad hair. Deadline Hollywood Nikki Finke live-blogged.Best line: (Dreamgirls) pic's producer David Geffen--who took the... [FishBowlLA]

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