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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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Sony to Distribute CBS Films Abroad
New Viacom studio will self-distribute domestically
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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.
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Hollywood Reporter Set to be Sold to ‘Who’s Who’s’ Finkelstein
The historic Hollywood trade paper would become part of Finkelstein’s News Communications Inc.
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Esquire Discovers Cro-Magnon Internet
Special Robert Downey feature — only a small download away.
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J-Lo Lawyers Aim to Block Movie, Home Video (updated)
Monday she’ll seek restraining order against Cuban ex, Ojani Noa
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Kirk Douglas Steals the Show at Britannia Awards
Robert De Niro, Colin Firth, Emily Blunt and Danny Boyle all get awards too
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Moguls Curse: Why Content Isn’t King (part II)
A new book says overpaid CEOS and acquisition lust hurts Hollywood. But … studio lots?
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Hollywood Meets the MBAs: The Mogul Has No Clothes (part I)
A new book examines the low profitability of media companies and asks: Whose fault is it?
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IATSE Settles Labor Dispute With AFI
AFI workers have reached an agreement for wage, benefit and condition improvements
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China Approves Disney’s Shanghai Park
The park will be a Magic Kingdom-style, one of the largest foreign investments in China, ever.
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Hey Disney – Ready to Sell the Miramax Name?
The Weinstein brothers want it back.