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Jann Wenner sells Rolling Stone after 50 years
Jann Wenner’s 50-year run as owner of Rolling Stone is coming to an end. Jay Penske, whose media company owns Variety and Women’s Wear Daily, scored a deal Wednesday to...
Nikki Finke back in business to dish on Hollywood
Finke was about to start as a columnist with Mediate, but her former boss Jay Penske “swooped in and made her a massive offer."
Nikki Finke battling ex-employer over noncompete clause
Nikki Finke hasn’t even written a word for Dan Abrams’ news site Mediaite and already there’s controversy.
Penske Media acquires Indiewire from SnagFilms
People wondering what deal Jay Penske was stalking finally found out Tuesday with his announced acquisition of Indiewire.com from SnagFilms. SnagFilms CEO Rick Allen said that all but two of...
Stephanie George bolting Penske Media after less than a year
Stephanie George is departing Penske Media’s Fairchild operation — less than a year after joining as vice chairman responsible for all the print and digital business operations. She will remain...
Hollywood scribe Nikki Finke launches new website
It’s like she never left. Nikki Finke got Hollywood talking on Monday as she took the wraps off her next project — HollywoodDementia.com. After nine months of virtual silence since...
Women's Wear Daily dropping print for digital starting in April
Women’s Wear Daily, now owned by Jay Penske’s Penske Media, is gambling that it can convert the 105-year-old publication, which is spilling red ink, from five-days-a-week print coverage to daily...
Daily News buyer would need deep pockets — and a huge ego
Wanted: A “trophy buyer” with deep pockets, a big ego and little hope of ever seeing a profit. A day after the Daily News went up for auction, a slew...
Penske considers reducing print editions of Women's Wear Daily
Jay Penske, who took over Fairchild in August, is mulling a change that could cut the frequency of the print edition of Women’s Wear Daily. “Nothing is confirmed, but there...
Penske, Finke discuss Deadline redux: source
Where in the world is Nikki Finke? The merciless chronicler of Hollywood exited Deadline.com late last year after a well-publicized flame-out with her boss with plans to re-launch her headline-making...
Nikki Finke battle with Jay Penske gets heated
The divorce drama continues in Finke v. Penske. Publisher Jay Penske has taken Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke to third-party arbitration over Finke’s claim that she is owed $3.5 million after...
Nikki Finke demands $3.5M for breakup with Deadline
The divorce battle between Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke and publishing entrepreneur Jay Penske is starting to look like 1979’s “Kramer vs. Kramer.” The two are locked in a growing legal...
Feared showbiz blogger mulls her next move
Hollywood publicists breathed a short sigh of relief as word spread that feared showbiz blogger Nikki Finke had been sidelined — at least temporarily. Finke — the reclusive media maven...
Nikki Finke splits from Jay Penske, Deadline
The drawn-out feud between Deadline Hollywood founder Nikki Finke and Jay Penske, who bought her site in 2009, has finally ended with her exit. Finke said she’s setting up her...
Deadline founder blasts owner on Twitter
There appears to be no alternative ending for this Hollywood drama. The feud between Nikki Finke, the founder of Deadline.com, the powerful Tinseltown website, and its owner, Jay Penske, appears...
The 'news,' a day late
Can someone send New York Times reporter Brooks Barnes $1 so he can buy a copy of the New York Post? In Thursday’s New York Times he reported that he...
Najafi kicks Penske's tires; no Deadline deal
Jahm Najafi, a part owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, is the deep-pocketed backer Nikki Finke has corralled in her bid to buy back Deadline.com from Jay Penske, Media Ink has...
Penske mogul's brawl with Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke bubbles over in LA confidential-like tale
IndyCar enthusiast and media mogul Jay Penske is facing a hairpin turn this week. The 34-year-old entrepreneur is set to meet with the board of his Penske Media Corp in...
‘Shocker’ story blows lid off Penske-Finke row
This could be the hottest Hollywood story of the summer. A firestorm erupted between two Tinseltown tattlers when The Wrap reported that Nikki Finke, the star blogger for Deadline Hollywood,...
Penske Media denies reports Deadline.com blogger Nikki Finke has been fired
This could be the hottest Hollywood story of the summer. A firestorm erupted between two Tinseltown tattlers when The Wrap reported that Nikki Finke, the star blogger for Deadline.com, its...