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Nielsen Pubs Sold? - Posted November 11, 2009
Sharon Waxman reports on The Wrap that Nielsen is set to sell a number of its magazines, including Mediaweek, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek and Brandweek. The reported buyer of this slew of trade pubs is James Finkelstein's News Communications Inc., which owns the Who's Who books and Washington, D.C. pub The... [FishBowlNY]

Comcast Purchase Of NBCU Stake A Done Deal? - Posted October 13, 2009
The Wrap's Sharon Waxman, who first reported that a deal between cable provider Comcast and GE-owned NBC Universal "had already been completed," said yesterday that an agreement is "done in principle." Reports Waxman: "What I am hearing from inside and around the deal is that indeed the Comcast deal to buy 51 percent... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 9, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), NBC military analyst and former US Southern Command Commander-in-chief Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Gen. Richard Myers and a roundtable with Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein, WSJ's Paul... [FishBowlDC]

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]

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]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 2, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Chuck Grassley... [FishBowlDC]

More LA Journos on Countdown - Posted July 2, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy LAT Andrew Blankstein was on again and this time making an appearance was TheWrap's Sharon Waxman.... [FishBowlLA]

Early Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 1, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Programming Note: Meet the Press will not air Sunday, July 5 due to NBC's coverage of the Wimbledon tennis finals. We will return at our regular time on July 12. CBS' Face the Nation: ABC's This Week: Fox News Sunday: CNN's State of the Union: Former Secretary... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Josef Adalian Gets Snatched by Sharon Waxman - Posted June 15, 2009
Josef Adalian got a gig over at TheWrap. From their press release: Adalian is currently Editor of industry publication TVWEEK.com and prior to that had been at Variety, covering television there for a decade. Adalian joins TheWrap's top-notch editorial and business team, most recently augmented by Variety's former executive editor Michael Speier, who... [FishBowlLA]

The Ticker: Robinson, Luntz, Liu... - Posted April 28, 2009
> Politico's Anne Schroeder Mullins profiles Hardball star booker, Querry Robinson. "Wherever you go with Querry, you feel like you're with a celebrity...everyone knows him in this town; it's hilarious," said fellow booker Colleen King. > Is pollster and Fox News contributor Frank Luntz going Hollywood? Yes, writes TheWrap.com's Sharon... [TVNewser]

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]

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]

Sam Zell: Mogul, Oracle and Chachka Pusher? - Posted February 4, 2009
We think we'd find this story cute and endearing if it wasn't about someone who's name will be on the LA Times' tombstone. Sharon Waxman shares that owner of the Tribune Company, Sam Zell's holiday traditions: Waxword/TheWrap has learned that every New Year, Zell sends 675 custom-made bronze statues to his friends with... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.27.09 - Posted January 27, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

TheWrap Says It Will Pay Writers - Posted January 27, 2009
Sharon Waxman's TheWrap launched yesterday hoping to be the Politico of entertainment news. So naturally, all we wanted to know is if they pay writers. Sharon left in our comments: Part of our mission is to provide a home for quality journalism, and that means being willing to pay for it. Great reporting... [FishBowlLA]

TheWrap Launches Today - Posted January 26, 2009
Sharon Waxman's launched her site TheWrap today. The project promises to cover the 'business of entertainment and media'. Jon Friedman, at MarketWatch puts it like this: Waxman intends to build a site that will come to be known as the "go-to" Internet destination for Hollywood news junkies, just as Politico has established itself... [FishBowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted December 12, 2008
Meet The Press: IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan, MI Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), former MA Gov. Mitt Romney (R), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Wal-Mart Pres./CEO Lee Scott, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and a roundtable with Chicago Sun-Times' Mary Mitchell and NBC political director Chuck Todd. Face The Nation: Sen. Sherrod Brown... [FishBowlDC]

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]

Sharon Waxman Skewers Nick Denton, Internet - Posted October 6, 2008
Sharon Waxman takes aim at Snarker-in-chief Nick Denton (which we get) as well as the flight of talented journalists to the Internet (which we don't get). As she says: "And while I'm at it, let me publicly lament the flight of talented colleagues, Jeff Leeds of the Times and Gabriel Snyder, once of Variety,... [FishBowlLA]

The HuffPo Effect: Everyone Wants Their Own Online News Brand - Posted August 12, 2008
So, what to do if you are a former publishing doyenne who, after years of dominating the print world finds themselves thrust into the wilds of the online media scene? Obviously you follow Arianna Huffington's uber-successful example and start your own website/news aggregate. To that end we already know... [FishBowlNY]

Joe Eszterhas' Non-Sharon Stone Love Child - Posted August 4, 2008
Sharon Waxman has the dirt on Joe Eszterhas, the former journo-turned-screenwriter who has recently reunited with the daughter he put up for adoption in 1967.... [FishBowlLA]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted July 25, 2008
Meet the Press: Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Face the Nation: Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Jack Reed (D-RI). This Week: John McCain and a roundtable with former Bush strategist Matt Dowd, ABC's Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will. Fox News Sunday: Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Karl Rove. The... [FishBowlDC]

Sharon Waxman Finds Nice Boring - Posted June 23, 2008
Steve Carell once complained to an inteviewer that he's sick of being called "nice." But that's what he is (or at least, what he projects). Nice guy. Nice wife. Nice career. Former NYT reporter Sharon Waxman, apparently, is sick of it, too.... [FishBowlLA]

Sharon Waxman Waxes Philosophic About the Future of Journalism (There's a Future?) - Posted May 2, 2008
Former New York Times correspondent Sharon Waxman sent us an e-mail to let us know that she's at the NewTools 2008 conference in Sunnyvale, and she's getting jazzed about all the cool gadgets that will eventually replace paid, trained reporters with "citizen journalists." Pardon us, if don't feel quite as thrilled. Even... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.14.08 - Posted January 14, 2008
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1952, the "Today" show premiered, in 1973 the Dolphins became the only one of only two NFL teams to go undefeated during the regular season, and in 2004, President Bush announced we're going to Mars. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio). Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR |... [FishBowlDC]

Sundown on Sunset: Back Talk - Posted January 11, 2008
Food Woolf and Matt Bites both snap at the heels of the LAT's Leslie Brenner and her Diner's Bill of Rights. Of course, the strike renders all this moot. Screwed by Axium? Matt Fretz has some advice. John Ziegler gives another view of KFI-AM. Sharon Waxman waves bye-bye to the NYT. Oprah Winfrey, planning... [FishBowlLA]

Winterstern's Biggest Problem--The Dead Girl or the Live Hooker? - Posted March 8, 2007
Sharon Waxman writes a compelling story about the rise and fall of Henry Winterstern and First Look Studios. Large amounts of hedge-fund cash and snazzy offices didn't help much when bad movies didn't make any money box office money--The Dead Girl's $19,000, Wassup Rockers' $620,000. So, Winterstern resigned. Rumors are flying about... [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]

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