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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Universal Rejects Bid by Media Rights Capital to Buy Focus Features
Exclusive: Negotiations ongoing for the past month, fell apart last week
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News Corp Pays Out $1.65B to Securities Holders
BIllion-dollar financial housekeeping at Rupert’s place
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Joshua Newton: Variety’s Tim Gray Is ‘Lying Through His Nose’
The producer-director of “Iron Cross” tells the backstory of his lawsuit against Variety
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Whoops! Netflix Gets Caught by FTC, Cancels Contest
Movie download company found a contest revealed identity of its customer base
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‘Iron Cross’ Takes Campaign to L.A. Times (updated)
Full-page ad promoting unreleased film follows lawsuit against Variety claiming fraud
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Source: Lionsgate Out of Miramax Bidding
The independent studio is focusing its efforts on a pairing to buy MGM
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More Hollywood for Sale – Lionsgate, MGM, Miramax – Deadlines!
March 19 looms as the deadline for MGM and Miramax, and Lionsgate will reject Icahn on Friday
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McCarthy Fired After 31 Years at Variety: ‘It’s the End of Something’
Despite reviewers’ tightening belts, chief film critic is told the trade is “restructuring”
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More MGM Update: 6 Bids, Relativity is In
We know who’s in it — but are the bids going to soar to $2 billion?
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Hollywood Breaks a Gender Barrier — and Is Back to Loving Art Films
There was change at the Academy Awards, but not the change the Academy was looking for
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Quentin and Me: Detente, Thanks to ‘Inglourious’
It’s hard to write the truth about Hollywood – and sometimes you pay the price
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‘Avatar’ Oscar Prediction from Jon Landau: ‘We Won’t Win’
The Oscar-nominated producer believes the preferential voting system will work against them for Best Picture
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Times Sells Disney Its Front Page for $700K
Re-Update: The paper charged six figures for the special that put the news in the back seat to a full-page movie ad – even Hollywood is skeptical
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Bid on Our Moet Bottle: Oscar Nominees Sign for the Special Olympics
Who wouldn’t want a gold-plated magnum of Moet signed by Brett Ratner? Seriously, bid here
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Update: ‘Iron Cross’ Producer Wants to Sue Variety (oy!)
Producer says “there are valid issues” since the trade ran a negative review despite big ad buy