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FishbowlLA Unearths ‘Lost’ Dick Clark Interview

Richard Horgan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:00:28 +0000

Two days before Christmas in 1993, Dick Clark spent a half-hour on the telephone with a veteran LA journalist.

Although the purpose of the call was to publicize the 1994 American Music Awards, a ceremony that would be dominated by Whitney Houston, the conversation wound up delightfully encompassing much more. It’s an interview that belies the old saying, “Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be,” as Clark touches on Houston, Michael Jackson, his personal friendships and various other topics.

To mark the one-year anniversary of Clark’s April 18, 2012 passing, FishbowlLA will be publishing the interview in two parts on Thursday and Friday. The time-capsule conversation vividly reminds why the host of American Bandstand and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve was so beloved.

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Studio City Freelancer Among This Year’s S.I. Newhouse Finalists

Richard Horgan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:40:00 +0000

Remember all that business last spring about The Hobbit’s 48-frames-per-second technology? Among the reporters covering the topic at that time was Studio City-based freelance writer Hugh Hart for Wired magazine.

While Peter Jackson’s 48-fps experiment didn’t exactly set the movie business on fire, it has paved the way for Hart to travel this summer to New York City for the S.I. Newhouse School Mirror Awards, which honor the best reporting about digital media. His Wired feature is a nominee in the Best Single Article category alongside The Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone, Media Matters’ Joe Strupp and three others.

Hart did a great job in the Wired piece of framing the historical Hollywood context, moving in his first two paragraphs from a current studio to Thomas Alva Edison circa 1890. The reporter also landed the holy grail for this sort of piece – an interview with James Cameron. (Hart also spoke with visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull and several others.)

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Dick Clark Dies in Los Angeles at 82

Matthew Fleischer — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:03:29 +0000

TMZ is reporting that legendary American Bandstand host Dick Clark has died of a “massive” heart attack in St. John’s hospital in LA. Clark was in the hospital to receive outpatient surgery, and had the attack sometime during his stay. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Aside from American Bandstand, Clark was also the longtime host of New Year’s Rockin’ Eve–a show he ceded to Ryan Seacrest shortly after suffering a stroke in 2004.

Our personal favorite Clark endeavor, however, was Pyramid.

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Brooks Barnes Gets Seacrest Scoop

Richard Horgan — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:45:46 +0000

Just how expansive are the powers of 35-year-old mogul Ryan Seacrest becoming? According to New York Times media reporter Brooks Barnes, the pixie king of all media’s new $60 million contract extension with Clear Channel includes provisions that will give him a level of control over who advertises on his radio shows, as well as permission to squeeze in his own “marketing partners.”

Is this a conflict of interest? No more so really than AT&T handling the phones for American Idol and Seacrest getting a great minutes deal on his iPhone. Barnes has more juicy info about the new deal:

Mr. Seacrest will also create a joint venture with the company to explore the creation of a record label, music publishing business and live concert series, according to the people with knowledge of its details, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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