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Variety Editor Out After Less Than A Year
Leo Wolinsky was brought in after several rounds of layoffs at the trade, and now he was pushed out after less than a year in the job. Before coming to Variety, <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-36999" title="Variety xed out" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gi…
Steve McPherson Hires Pit Bull Marty Singer
I hear that Steve McPherson, who resigned as ABC Entertainment Group president this week, has asked pit bull litigator Marty Singer to specifically target The Hollywood Reporter. If you haven’t noticed, the front page of THR is increasingly resembling TMZ as a Hollywood scandal sheet now that former US magazine editor…
TOLDJA! Peter Jackson Casting 'Hobbit'
The Hollywood Reporter has done it again. So I’m embarrassed for the trade paper and any media outlet that stoops to content theft and won’t properly credit Deadline. <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-53677" title="peter_jackson_hobbit2"…
TOLDJA! Tutor Confirms David Bergstein Won't Have Role In New Miramax
Back on July 7th and again on July 8th, I was first to report that the notorious film financier David Bergstein “was being pushed aside” and would have no role in Miramax once it was purchased from Disney by construction magnate Ron Tutor and Santa Monica-based Colony Capital. (I wrote: “As for the notorious film…
Another Fired Variety Film Critic Lands
First, Todd McCarthy lands and now Derek Elley, Variety's former senior international critic who’s joining Film Business Asia. Elley, who was with Variety for 20 years, was fired in March along with McCarthy…
Variety Online Pay Wall = Lower Traffic
Like, duh. I’ve already reported that. Now MediaDailyNews analyzed Nielsen figures, and the Variety Online Group has seen page views drop more than 40%, and unique visitors fall 18% after…
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