Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and is a contributing writer to the opinion page of The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
Experience:
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Starz Dropped by Altice USA as Negotiations Fail Over New Licensing Deal
“As of midnight December 31, 2017, Altice USA will no longer carry Starz or StarzEncore programming directly,” said the cable distributor
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Hollywood in 2018: The Old Order Ends, a New One Rises
Change is about to come barreling through the established order of Hollywood, leaving companies in pieces, shattering long-accepted norms and anointing a new set of power brokers
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Who Sent Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Horse Manure for Christmas? This Guy Did
“All in a day’s work,” tweeted L.A. activist Robert Strong beside a photo of himself
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Top LA Times, Chicago Tribune Exec Pays Himself $15 Million in Christmas Eve Surprise
Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro gave a three-year contract at $5 million per year to his firm, Merrick Media. Merry Christmas!
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Behind the Disney-Fox Merger: 7 Things We Still Need to Know – and 3 We Already Do
For starters, what happens to all the top talent at Fox?
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Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Common and More to Talk Up Their Oscar Song Contenders
Hollywood’s top composers and lyricists to gather at TheWrap’s screening series event on Monday
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How They Saved Ojai: A Letter From a Town to Its Firefighters
On Saturday, all along the road into Ojai, homemade signs dotted the path: “Thank you for saving our town”
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Matt Lauer, Russell Simmons, Garrison Keillor and the Upending of Everything
Now we have to think of Matt Lauer wielding a sex toy
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Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, Miramax Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Charging RICO Violation (Exclusive)
The lawsuit cites “unwanted sexual conduct that took many forms: flashing, groping, fondling, battering, sexually assault, attempted rape and/or completed rape”
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Hollywood Panics as Post-Harvey Housecleaning Continues
It’s a new day and the rules that prevailed for decades are out the window. Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct is the order of the day
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Hollywood Reels From Post-Harvey Flood of Sexual Misconduct Accusations
“It’s not one explosive story, it’s something new every day. It’s hard on your spirit,” one industry insider tells TheWrap
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‘American Idol’ Producer Peter Hurwitz Pushed Out as Core Media CEO (Exclusive)
Hurwitz served as The Weinstein Company’s general counsel from 2006 to 2009
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Weinstein Co Talking to 22 Buyers, $300 Million Expected Price, Bob Weinstein Must Exit
Viacom, Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa interested in embattled business, insider tells TheWrap
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How Fabrizio Lombardo Became Harvey Weinstein’s Hustler
“I met the overly ambitious street hustler Lombardo as a naïve young model,” says my correspondent
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Peter Bart Denies Covering for Harvey Weinstein: I Was Protecting Variety
He tells WaxWord: “My policy was to say: ‘Let’s run the story if you can nail it. But if you can’t, then let’s not”
