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

October 18, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 30 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 30 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!

  

Hollywood Asks: Will Jay Penske Polish Up Variety or Tarnish the Brand?

October 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Industry insiders believe Variety has lost ground but its name may still have value

  

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

October 9, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 31 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

  

Nikki Finke's Courtroom Battle With the Hollywood Reporter Set for July, 2013

January 31, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Penske Media Corp., which owns Nikki Finke's website, is suing the parent company of the Hollywood Reporter over copyright infringement

  

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

  

Michael Wolff Shrugs Off Ouster Report in Latest Prometheus Drama

September 15, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Adweek's editorial director suggests that the New York Post may be "making bread from crumbs" in story reporting that his parent company is seeking a replacement

  

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

  

Hollywood Reporter Calls Bull on Nikki Finke News Theft, Will Check on Copied Code

September 14, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

"It is not copyright infringement to report these stories, even if on occasion Deadline.com posts them first"

  

Why Nikki Finke’s Content Theft Lawsuit Is Interesting, If Still Batty

September 14, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Finke is attempting something that is almost certainly impossible: Stopping reporters from picking up the phone and confirming news that her site has published

  

Suedja! Nikki Finke Sues the Hollywood Reporter -- It Removes 'Stolen' Code (Updated)

September 14, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

After telling the trade to "f--- off" last week, Finke and her parent company have actually filed suit and demanded $5 million

  

Nikki Finke to THR: 'Get the F--- Out of My Face'

September 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

After a letter from THR's law firm hinting at a possible lawsuit, Finke responded with one of her most acerbic posts to-date

  

Nikki Finke and Ari Emanuel: Lover's Spat or Divorce?

July 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The Deadline editor and founder posted a vulgar screed against WME head Ari Emanuel -- with whom she'd had good relations

  

Jilted! Nikki Finke Blasts Lynne Segall as She Exits for THR, Segall Confused

June 14, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Finke lashes out at Segall, saying she was "ruining the integrity of Deadline" -- and made her diabetes worse. Segall denies

  

HBO's 'Tilda' Pilot Script is Partially Leaked, Totally Dull

May 9, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Nikki Finke-inspired show won't make it to air, but some dialog makes its way to the Web

  

David Edelstein Thinks He Saw Elvis Mitchell at 'Source Code' Screening

April 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

New York Magazine critic comes to the defense of ousted Movieline writer

  

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"

  

Academy Yanks Credentials After Nikki Finke Spoils Oscars

February 26, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

After website publishes entire lineup of Oscar show, reporter Mike Fleming's credentials are revoked

  

HBO Drops Its Nikki Finke-Alike Comedy, 'Tilda'

February 25, 2011 By Lew Harris 2 years ago

But the network is “still interested in a show about her, this time with her on board from the beginning”

  

The Daily’s Richard Johnson Flops With Nikki Finke Photo

February 10, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

It's not even the Deadline founder -- after two months in Hollywood, this is the best the iPad-only publication's entertainment editor has got?

  

The Daily Publishes its Nikki Finke Photo, But Is It Really Her?

February 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford & Brent Lang 2 years ago

Finke tells Gawker she doesn't have that lady's "mouthlines"; we agree

  

No Nikki Finke Photo From The Daily ...Yet

February 9, 2011 By Dominic Patten 2 years ago

In a Hollywood standoff with Deadline founder, Richard Johnson is keeping his mouth shut for the moment

  

Hollyblog: Make Your Own Nikki Finke Photo

February 9, 2011 By Temp X 2 years ago

Can't wait for The Daily to post her photo? Use this handy drawing tool!

  

The Nikki Finke Photo: The Daily vs. Deadline (updated: Nikki responds)

February 8, 2011 By Dominic Patten & Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

The blogger faces the thing she fears most: a photo, in Rupert Murdoch's new Daily. Now it's war

  

The Internet Remembers: Nikki Finke's DOA Verdict on HuffPo (updated)

February 7, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

In 2005, Finke called HuffPo -- which sold on Sunday for $315 million -- "the sort of failure that is simply unsurvivable"