I’ve returned from two weeks of travel. And I’m amused how some showbiz websites getting the shit kicked out of them by Deadline want me gone permanently (preferably feet first). But wishing doesn’t make it so. And rumor-mongering won’t help either. The fact is that Deadline’s surprising editorial and financial success opens up a lot of opportunities almost daily. For instance, in early December 2009, the new owners of The Hollywood Reporter approached me about becoming the trade’s new editor-in-chief. In late mid January 2010, they made me a very lucrative financial offer. Instead of negotiating, I set in motion a dialogue about whether there’s some mutually beneficial business between my parent company MMC and the new THR owners. That discussion continues without any direct involvement by me. Because I have little interest in being a businesswoman: I am a journalist. Therefore I am, and will remain, the general manager and editor in chief of Deadline as well as the founder and editor in chief of Deadline Hollywood. Sorry, but you’re stuck with me.
I <3 you!
Are you now in 3D?
Greatest response…ever!
It’s our pleasure.
Nikki Fikke, you are a breath of fresh air in this noxious whorehouse called Hollywood. Your name strikes terror in the hearts and minds of entertainment executives everywhere because you speak truth to power and you can’t be co-opted.
Keep up the good work, and you go, girl!
Thank goodness.
I can’t imagine there being no Deadline. No site is quicker to pat itself on the back than this one.
It’s your bat. Wield it well.
You go girl.
Ms. Nikki Finke, you are amazing!!!
I love it! Keep up the great work Nikki. You are a much needed voice in this industry.
no complaints, here
Yay!
From one journalist to another I say, THANK YOU!!! You are an inspiration and a badass. You are very appreciated by people who don’t have time for B.S. My hat is off to you!
“I am a journalist.”
Ha ha. You’re an unusually biased self-serving hack
who only ‘reports’ things that you think make you
look good.
But we are hardly stuck with you. Now we just click
the New York button, and viola! Real news written
by a real reporter.
Good for you Nikki, We wouldn’t have it any other way!
To the only voice of truth in a town of spin and slime – welcome home!
Nikki, I couldn’t possibly think of anyone I would rather be ‘stuck’ with than you. That actually makes me happy.
thank the lord that you haven’t gone to THR and I can still enjoy you over my morning tea!
Narcissist.
Nikki, why you saying sorry? BETTER YOU THAN ANY OTHER OUTLET! :)
GOOD! We like it that way.
completely useless article. who cares?
You’re awesome Nikki! Yours is the first blog I read every morning with my coffee.
Keep kicking the shit out of all those other lame ass sites that copy and paste their articles. Rock on.
Great! YOU are the only news that’s fit to print.
Thank you.
You know, yes…this site is good at what it does. But what other sites DON’T DO is pat themselves on the back nearly every day. Clearly you need to announce your success rather than take the high road and let your readers notice it for themselves. It’s Christ, get over yourselves.