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Sharon Waxman On the Business of Entertainment
The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot
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Miramax Deal by Monday? So Finish Already!
Deal has been drafted; negotiations that have dragged on for weeks are close to an end
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MGM Seeks Another Debt Repayment Extension
Lenders expected to vote next week on proposal
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Exclusive: George Clooney Grilled on Plans to Save MPTF
He tells WaxWord: “It doesn’t seem to be insurmountable. I think there’s a way to put ideas together.”
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Variety 2.0: Save the Good Stuff For Print
in the age of online, the trade is definitely betting on print
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SAG’s Anne-Marie Johnson Rescinds MPTF Donation
The union vice president says she does not trust the management of the fund, encourages others to follow
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Digital Hollywood: Progress in Monetizing Content for the Web
“A golden age of advertising is dawning,” says one panelist to the hopeful stares of many
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MPTF Saviors? Clooney, SAG Chief Want Celeb Fundraiser
George Clooney tells TheWrap: “There’s a way for Hollywood’s wealthier to help out”
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How Haim Saban Pulled Off the Deal of a Lifetime
Connie Bruck’s New Yorker piece is out, and endless. By far the most interesting aspect involves the backstory to Haim Saban’s sale, with Rupert Murdoch, of the Fox Family Channel to the Walt Disney Company in 2001 for $5.2 billion. The piece details Disney chief Michael Eisner’s getting cold feet because he overpaid, and trying to…
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Enquirer Cloud Skips White House Dinner
Mainstream media gets a reprieve for delving in dirty laundry as Enquirer stumbles
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Exclusive: Battle at the New Yorker Over Haim Saban Profile
Lawyers for Saban have been hammering magazine fact-checkers and sent a letter of warning
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Todd McCarthy Goes Digital, Joins IndieWire Network
Longtime Variety critic, dumped abruptly in March, launches blog with IndieWire
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Robert Greenwald Challenges JFK Actors Kinnear, Holmes to Vet Script
Left-wing documentarian still worried that History Channel miniseries will be politically motivated
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Lions Gate: We Had a Better Fiscal Year Than We Thought
Studio, in fight with Carl Icahn, revises preliminary 2010 results
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Peacemaker? Troubled MPTF Names Pisano Board Chair
Acting Chairman of MPAA will replace Frank Mancuso in likely bid to reach out to angry families
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Indie veteran Ted Hope and new media whiz kid Chris Hyams debate independent film