WaxWord
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.
-
Hollywood Reporter to Studios: Pay Up for Sly
Studios grumble at vanity ads — enough, already
-
Carl Icahn Stalks Lionsgate: His Next Steps
Corporate raider is getting closer to ending what he calls “the party in the management suite”
-
Lunch With Queen Noor: Turkey and Israel Need to “Repair Relations”
The queen touts an anti-nuclear agenda for “Countdown to Zero”
-
Icahn Threatens Lionsgate With Bankruptcy (updated)
Lionsgate says it’s working with creditors to avoid the default Icahn invokes
-
Cuban, Icahn Play Cat-and-Mouse With Lionsgate
But why would the investor sell to Icahn for less than he can get on the open market?
-
Report: Guilds Concerned About Possible Bergstein Acquisition of Miramax
With controversial investor in exclusive talks with Disney, NY Times says DGA, SAG and WGA express their misgivings
-
Mark Cuban Tendering Lionsgate Shares to Icahn
Combined holdings could bring Icahn’s stake to around 28% of the company
By
Lisa Horowitz & Daniel Frankel -
Canadian Regulator Approves Icahn’s Lionsgate Bid
Billionaire agrees to keep Canadian control of Maple Pictures
-
Calling Harvey Weinstein: Miramax-Bergstein Deal Tough for Banks
Banks are balking at loaning Bergstein’s partners debt because the Weinsteins are still a wild card
-
Lionsgate Board Urges Shareholders to Reject Icahn Offer … Again
Missive comes after $7-share-bid was voted down earlier in the week
-
Disney, Bergstein Negotiating Exclusively Over Miramax
Bergstein had previously bid $650 million for the studio
-
James Cameron to Submit Report on Oil Spill
The director says he will advise the Dept of Energy and EPA
-
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Has Meltdown Over Privacy at AllThingsD
The CEO stammered and sweated and spoke in circles over the privacy issue
-
FCC’s Genachowski: Lobbyists at Fault for Broadband Limbo
Lobbyists “surround many buildings in Washington,” he says at AllThingsD conference
-
No Zucker ‘Exit Package,’ But What a Bonus
TheWrap has obtained details of the NBCU’s chief $30M contract