Jay Penske

SHOCKER: Jay Penske Fires Nikki Finke From Deadline Hollywood, Sources Say

June 2, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 2 weeks ago

The combative blogger has clashed repeatedly with her boss, but in a response on her blog declines to discuss her status

  

Variety Makes a Necessary Change – Here Are the Risks

February 26, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 16 weeks ago

Variety's new owner has picked a strategy, and it is one fraught with risk

  

Variety Fires Reporter Jeff Sneider (Exclusive)

January 29, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 20 weeks ago

Jeff Sneider is leaving the paper but said he is unsure of his next career move

  

Is Variety Moving to Penske Media Headquarters on the 405? (Eeew!)

December 20, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 25 weeks ago

EXCLUSIVE: Variety may be moving from its iconic Wilshire Boulevard headquarters to Penske Media Corporation's Inglewood hub

  

New Variety Owner Jay Penske Slashes One-Quarter Staff

November 15, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 30 weeks ago

Penske is cutting back print circulation and slashing jobs to boost his investment in Variety's editorial and digital departments

  

Variety: Michelle Sobrino-Stearns Named Publisher, Brian Gott Ankles (Updated)

October 18, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 34 weeks ago

Variety, now owned by Penske Media Corporation, showed publisher Brian Gott the door and promoted Michelle Sobrino-Stearns to publisher

  

Mailbag: What’s Jay Penske Up To? His Latest Legal Threat

October 18, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 34 weeks ago

The mail brought a letter from Jay Penske on Thursday “a courtesy due to the recent events involving the ‘poaching’ of employees in this industry” - thanks Jay!

  

Penske to Tear Down Variety Paywall, Keep Print Edition - And Deadline Not Welcome

October 10, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 36 weeks ago

Jay Penske, the new owner of Variety, told his new staff of reporters that the paywall would go, but the print edition was here to stay -- for now

  

Why Nikki Finke + Variety = A Business Dilemma for Jay Penske

October 9, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 36 weeks ago

Jay Penske appears to have shut out Nikki Finke from having much to do with Variety -- which creates the challenge going forward: owning two competing brands that cover the same subject matter

  

Deadline Owner Penske Media Buys Variety

October 9, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman & Brent Lang 36 weeks ago

Deadline and Variety will now have the same corporate parent - but what role for Nikki Finke?

  

Nikki Finke Exposed, Part 1: Desperate, and Out of Control

October 1, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

WaxWord will be exposing Finke’s poisonous maneuvers going forward in this space - here's the latest one

  

Legal Experts: Deadline Faces Uphill Fight To Make THR Lawsuit Stick

September 14, 2011 By Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang 1 year ago

Attorneys will have a hard time proving that the Hollywood trade stole content by confirming the news stories her site broke

  

Lynne Segall Dumps Jay Penske, Nikki Finke for Hollywood Reporter (Updated)

June 14, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Industry vet returns to trade where she worked for decades, leaves Penske after less than a year

  

Deadline Hires USA Today's Lieberman as Executive Editor

March 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Penske poaches 17-year veteran of paper to cover big media, corporate finance for Nikki Finke

  

TheWrap's Counsel Bert Fields Responds to Nikki Finke

February 28, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

"MMC has demonstrably and repeatedly violated my client’s rights, including but not limited to violations of the antitrust laws, as well as unfair competition and trade libel"

  

Michael Ausiello Joins Team Finke

October 4, 2010 By Hunter Walker 2 years ago

Entertainment Weekly columnist is the latest hire for the network of Hollywood sites run by Jay Penske's MMC Corporation

  

Lynne Segall Lands at MMC

August 3, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Recently-ousted L.A. Times ad VP joins Deadline parent

  

Finke Speaks: On Fighting With Penske and THR

March 26, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

On her boss: “I threaten to call lawyers every minute of every day, but ... "I'm still here."

  

Bonnie Fuller Joins Penske's HollywoodLife

July 16, 2009 By Amy Kaufman 3 years ago

Abandons startup, while Anne Thompson strikes out on her own with help of IndieWire.

  

Nikki Finke: Grilled

June 23, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

On chasing news, her vision for the future and selling DHD for "the GNP of a small country."

  

Nikki Finke Sells DHD for $14M

June 23, 2009 By Amy Kaufman & Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

DeadlineHollywoodDaily sold to Mail.com; site looks to hire reporter in New York.

  
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