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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 Bidding Battle Heats Up
Weinsteins sharpen their focus to make a play, and David Bergstein takes an interest
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Weinsteins Circle Back to Buy Miramax From Disney
Exclusive: Two hedge funds want to team up with the brothers for a final curtain call on the indie drama
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Weinstein, Sony Classics Lead Oscar Nom Tally
Indie studios show once again their ability to create films worthy of recognition
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Disney Tries to Sell Miramax – But What’s the Library Worth?
Interested bidders include Summit, Relativity, Studio Canal and an outsider billionaire, Nelson Peltz
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Variety Anguish: A ‘Cri de Coeur’ From an Insider
Jason writes a diatribe: “Variety is at a critical point and no one seems to have a plan of action”
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News Corp. Pays $500M in Price-Fixing Suit
In a last-minute deal, News Corp. avoids a trial, scheduled for Feb. 2
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OTX’s Zalis Grilled: ‘I Want to Evolutionize Research’
Leading entertainment research group sells to giant Ipsos on Thursday
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Miramax Dies: Rest in Peace
The studio that once defined taste and artistry is being shuttered on Thursday by Disney
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Comcast Starts ‘Integration’ With NBCU
Los Angeles executives headed to New York next week for melding meetings
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One Year Old, With Growing Pains
We launched a year ago “with great optimism.” Now we’ve outgrown the site, but not our optimism
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Tune in to California Debate, or Watch It Here
Bloomberg TV will air the debate all this week, but I’ve got the vimeo version here
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MGM Bids: Time-Warner, Lionsgate, Reliance, Elliott Associates
The first bids are in, all non-binding and believed to be in the $1.6 to $1.7 billion range
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Glickman Leaves MPAA, Pisano Interim Chief
Glickman, in lame-duck status, to head up Refugees International
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How Long Before Jeff Zucker Goes?
It’s the talk of both coasts, that Zucker’s luck outstrips the deepest depths of public ineptitude
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Backstage at ‘Morning Joe’
Rudy Giuliani, Rick Stengel and the whole smeary, bleary crew