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Deadline founder and veteran journalist dead at 68
October 9, 2022 | 2:29pmFinke passed away after a prolonged illness on Sunday morning, according to her family.
Nikki Finke back in business to dish on Hollywood
February 1, 2017 | 6:20pmFinke 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
November 18, 2016 | 12:54amNikki Finke hasn’t even written a word for Dan Abrams’ news site Mediaite and already there’s controversy.
Nikki Finke posts first entries on new fictional entertainment blog
August 4, 2015 | 2:58amAmong the blog's first batch of authors was Tom Cruise’s power lawyer Bert Fields.
Deadline founder Nikki Finke is backing Hillary Clinton
June 8, 2015 | 5:13pmThe feared Deadline Hollywood founder is supporting her fellow Wellesley grad — the first time Finke’s ever backed a candidate.
Hollywood scribe Nikki Finke launches new website
May 18, 2015 | 11:14pmIt’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...
Hollywood buzzing over 'NikkiStink' creator
August 31, 2014 | 5:21amThe NikkiStink.com site may be down, but the newest Tinseltown parlor game is to get the skinny on whoodunnit? The problem is there are too many suspects, as Tatiana Siegel...
Anonymous critics pull back on Nikki Finke attack
August 28, 2014 | 2:31pmAn anonymous group that launched a parody site of much-feared Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke backed off on Thursday. The self-styled Committee for Decency in Journalism, which created a stir Wednesday...
Is this reclusive Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke?
August 27, 2014 | 10:52amhttp://youtu.be/XrgHq1Uc9jo Nikki Finke, the notoriously reclusive, acid-tongued Hollywood gossip monger, has been allegedly captured on camera by an anonymous group bent on publicly shaming her. The group, which calls itself...
The Nasty Nikki Finke is back
June 12, 2014 | 9:14pmA kinder and gentler Nikki Finke returned to the entertainment blogosphere Thursday – NOT! In her first post for “Nikki Finke: Live in Hollywood” — filed a minute after midnight...
Penske, Finke discuss Deadline redux: source
March 16, 2014 | 10:22pmWhere 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...
This week's magazines are all business
November 24, 2013 | 8:41pmWith Forbes up for sale and the holiday season about to begin, we’re giving you something to digest besides your turkey. Here’s a look at what some business magazines are...
Nikki Finke battle with Jay Penske gets heated
November 20, 2013 | 1:06amThe 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
November 12, 2013 | 10:57pmThe 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
November 6, 2013 | 9:08pmHollywood 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
November 6, 2013 | 3:07pmThe 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
October 26, 2013 | 12:04amThere 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
September 19, 2013 | 11:11pmCan 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
September 17, 2013 | 11:06pmJahm 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...
Condé Traveler going places under Guzman
September 11, 2013 | 6:25amCondé Nast Traveler was shaking up its top editors even before its arch rival, Travel+Leisure, was sold by American Express Publishing to Time Inc. It’s all part of a major...