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October 2010: Juan Williams, fired by NPR, lands a Fox News deal within a day
By Sasha Park · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, October 2010 In late October 2010, FishbowlLA covered the rapid aftermath of one of the year’s biggest public-radio controversies: NPR had fired news analyst Juan Williams over remarks about feeling nervous seeing travelers in traditional Muslim clothing — and within a…
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September 2010: an LA Times reporter faces a Berkeley panel over the paper’s teacher-evaluation series
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, September 2010 In late September 2010, FishbowlLA covered LA Times reporter Jason Felch sitting on a UC Berkeley panel to discuss the paper’s controversial series on teacher evaluations — and taking criticism in the wake of a teacher’s death. The original…
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January 2013: Tony Ortega breaks down the Lawrence Wright Scientology book excerpts
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2013 In early January 2013, FishbowlLA covered Tony Ortega’s response to two excerpts of Lawrence Wright’s forthcoming Scientology book, published in The Hollywood Reporter. The original framing tracked a small node in the dense, interlinked Scientology-journalism ecosystem of the moment.…
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January 2013: KTLA’s Elizabeth Espinosa adds CNN Latino duties
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2013 In mid-January 2013, FishbowlLA covered KTLA weekend news anchor Elizabeth Espinosa taking on a new sideline: fronting Sin Límites, a Spanish-language weekday news magazine produced by CNN Latino, airing locally on KBEH-DT Channel 63. The original framing treated the…
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March 2011: FishbowlLA’s own editor Tina Dupuy gets the Editor & Publisher treatment
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Tina Dupuy on FishbowlLA, March 2011 In late March 2011, FishbowlLA ran a small, self-referential item: its own editor, Tina Dupuy, had been interviewed by Editor & Publisher — the venerable newspaper-trade magazine — about her syndicated weekly column. The original framing was lightly winking,…
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February 2012: the AP picks up a Hollywood Reporter and Billboard news feed
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, February 2012 In mid-February 2012, FishbowlLA covered an Associated Press announcement: the wire service had partnered with Prometheus Global Media to distribute an entertainment-industry news feed drawing on The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. The original framing noted it added competition to…
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The 2012 Los Angeles Area Emmy winners — and the investigative reporting that took the prizes
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, August 2012 In mid-August 2012, FishbowlLA marked the 2012 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards by spotlighting the winning investigative work — the Wi-Fi-hacking, small-claims-scamming, and HACLA-spending reports that took prizes. The original framing argued that the investigative categories were the best…
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August 2011: a report that CAA was eyeing a Silicon Valley office
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, August 2011 In late August 2011, FishbowlLA picked up a Peter Lauria report — Lauria was then Thomson Reuters’s editor-in-charge of technology, media, and telecom — on the possibility that Creative Artists Agency was looking to open a small office in…
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January 2011: the Courtney Love Twitter-defamation trial and its forensics expert
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2011 In early January 2011, FishbowlLA previewed the upcoming defamation trial between Courtney Love and fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir — a case built around Love’s Twitter posts. The original framing noted that the guaranteed highlight had been expected to be…
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October 2012: Jay Penske names Variety’s first female publisher
By Sasha Park · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, October 2012 In mid-October 2012, FishbowlLA covered a notable promotion at Variety: new owner Jay Penske had named Michelle Sobrino-Stearns — a 15-year veteran of the trade — its first-ever female publisher. The original framing tracked both the milestone and Penske’s…