Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
Experience:
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Tears on Spring Street Over Segall Ouster: ‘I’m Despondent’
Why was the big personality, revenue-driver suddenly axed? The newsroom wants to know
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Universal Strikes 5-Year Deal to Distribute MRC Films
Media Rights Capital will distribute 20 films through the studio
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Miramax Deal-Killer: Burkle Cut the Offer Price
Discrepancies in the revenues led Burkle to cut his bid by $60 million
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New Editor Janice Min Grilled: No Lindsay Lohan in Revamped THR
“The opportunity is to help set the news agenda for the industry instead of covering picky details”
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Hollywood for Sale … But No One’s Buying
The collapse of the Miramax deal underscores the disconnect between buyers and sellers: The deals aren’t closing
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Miramax Deal Collapse: Blame the Lawyers
People close to the deal said it collapsed of the weight of lawyers and complications rather than any major issue
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Disney’s Miramax Deal With Weinsteins Collapses
For second time in a week, reports that talks have failed. This time neither side denies it
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How Matty Met Saadi — and Got Him to Invest in Movies
Dictator’s son to Jewish producer: “The fact that you and will do business together will change perceptions”
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Gadhafi Goes Hollywood: Dictator’s Son Gets In With $100M
The Libyan dictator’s middle son is backing Mathew Beckerman, a Jewish kid from Jersey
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Cannes Roundup: Yachts, India’s Reliance and a Nuclear Doc
Parties, plus SPC’s Tom Bernard: “Maybe it was the volcano, maybe it’s the economy, but a lot of buyers didn’t come”
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Deals: Endgame to Finance Drama With Ellen Page, Ron Nyswaner
Based on Academy Award-winning documentary short, drama leads with “Juno” star
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Cannes Festival Thus Far: A Magnificent Anachronism
France continues to gather the best of film while insistently ignoring the encroachment of new technology and shorter attention spans
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Cannes Parties: Vanity Fair Buzz at the Hotel du Cap
Everyone from Queen Noor of Jordan to Martin Scorsese to Google’s Eric Schmidt showed.