nikki finke

Deadline founder and veteran journalist dead at 68

Finke passed away after a prolonged illness on Sunday morning, according to her family.

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.

Nikki Finke posts first entries on new fictional entertainment blog

Among the blog's first batch of authors was Tom Cruise’s power lawyer Bert Fields.

Deadline founder Nikki Finke is backing Hillary Clinton

The 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

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...

Hollywood buzzing over 'NikkiStink' creator

The 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

An 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?

http://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

A 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

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...

This week's magazines are all business

With 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

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...

Condé Traveler going places under Guzman

Condé 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...