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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Murdoch, Finkelstein Close in on Nielsen’s THR: Is $70M Too Much?
Lachlan, not Rupert, is after the entertainment trade, along with an investor group.
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Paramount Sticks With Peli, Picks Up ‘Area 51’
Followup to breakout hit ‘Paranormal Activity’ will open in 2010.
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Hollywood’s Power Shift: Fewer, More Dominant Players
The coming Comcast-NBCU deal and demise of MGM will redraw Hollywood’s power lines.
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Glickman Argues Back — He Got $480M in the ’08 Stimulus Bill
Wanted: a mogul-wrangler who understands the entertainment business
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Nielsen THR Sale Approaches; Is Lachlan Murdoch Involved?
Finkelstein’s News Communications deal for Billboard, other entertainment titles to close imminently.
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California Tightens Energy Rules for Flat-Screen TVs
California Energy Commission votes 5-0 in favor of the nation’s first efficiency regulations for televisions of up to 58 inches sold in the stat
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Seller Beware: Finkelstein Courted, Dumped IWantMedia
One insider says the Nielsen-owned THR will go to Jimmy Finkelstein by weekend
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In Treacherous Movie Landscape, Sony Moves Deftly
The studio’s global strategy is paying off big in foreign markets.
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A Paramount-American Airlines Junket, Up In the Air
American Airlines provides a 767 jet, gratis, for a promotional party 30,000 feet up.
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Deal Nears: NBC Universal Board Set, With Comcast in Majority
Insiders says deal won’t be done this weekend, but it’s close.
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MGM Buys More Time: Lenders Forbear, Again
December deadline for interest payments get extended until January
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Sale? Nielsen Business Media Aflame With Earnings Down 28%
But CFO Brian West says that “iconic” titles like the Hollywood Reporter should be kept.
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Disney’s Ross Takes Off the Kid Gloves
At a time of tectonic shifts in the industry, Ross’s studio shake-up shows he intends to grease the rusty fulcrum at the studio.
