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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Letter From Tel Aviv: Living With Terror, Driving a Tech Boom
While the rest of the world recoils from a series of terror attacks, Israelis go about their business, pushing skycrapers into the air and building the next tech sensation
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Bob Iger on China’s Disneyland and How He Avoided Being a ‘Cultural Imperialist’
“We decided to introduce turkey legs to China,” Iger says, “Which I thought was a mistake”
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Is This War? When #BlackLivesMatter Veers Into Violence
It’s a tragedy begotten by tragedy. But is it really so unexpected?
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What Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Teach Us About Donald Trump
Making the right choice when leaders face a dilemma can have historic consequences. Let’s not follow Trump and the mob
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The Haunting Words of Elie Wiesel: ‘Never Shall I Forget’
On the day of his passing, remembering the searing clarity of his message
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I Took the Expo Line in Los Angeles – It’s Crowded and Buggy
We had a comically bungled experience where we encountered a rising din of discontent from Metro riders
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Why the Brexit Vote Is Making Everyone Panic
We all fear that the referendum is a sign of the times, a turn away from collaboration and toward insularity
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Stacey Snider’s Fox Takeover May Mean Personality Clash With Top Execs, Insiders Say
“I don’t see the three of them coexisting in 2017 — it’s tough,” insider says of Snider, production president Emma Watts and Fox 2000 head Elizabeth Gabler
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Steve Mosko Goes Shopping: Tribune Media Tops on His List (Exclusive)
Former Sony Pictures TV chairman met with banker Moelis & Co. in recent days to discuss the possibility of an acquisition
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Why Saying the Words ‘Gay’ or ‘Guns’ Matters in the Post-Orlando Debate
While conservatives get apopletic over whether President Obama says the words “radical Islam,” it turns out there’s plenty they won’t say either
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Orlando Shooting a Toxic Brew of Hate, But We Can Stay the Course of Tolerance
We must respond wisely if we are to be safe as a country, and safeguard our values as a democracy
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Sony Executive Exodus: CEO Michael Lynton Flexes His Muscle
Departures of Steve Mosko and Doug Belgrad are power moves by a usually mild-mannered mogul
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Sony Pictures TV Chairman Steve Mosko to Exit Studio
Executive has been with the company for 24 years
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Philippe Dauman Bracing for Life After Sumner Redstone and Viacom, Insider Says
Chairman and CEO has little recourse after removal from mogul’s trust
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Why We Have to Reject Peter Thiel and Defend Nick Denton
Thiel’s campaign may be legal, but over time it will have an insidious effect on free speech, vigorous journalism and even satire
