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March 2011: Variety hires Andrew Wallenstein as its new TV editor
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, March 2011 In early March 2011, FishbowlLA covered a trade-press hire: Andrew Wallenstein was leaving PaidContent to become Variety’s new TV editor. The original framing flagged the subtext — a Hollywood Reporter alum landing at the archrival trade. Then Andrew Wallenstein…
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March 2013: Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva gets the Barbara Walters retirement scoop
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2013 In late March 2013, FishbowlLA tracked a substantial entertainment-news scoop: Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva — the site’s TV editor — had been first to report that Barbara Walters was planning to retire. Then Barbara Walters was, by 2013, one of…
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January 2013: THR’s parent company becomes Guggenheim Digital Media, with Ross Levinsohn at the helm
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2013 In mid-January 2013, FishbowlLA covered a corporate rebrand: The Hollywood Reporter’s parent company, Prometheus Global Media, was getting a new name — Guggenheim Digital Media — and a new leader, former Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media executive Ross Levinsohn.…
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April 2013: The Hollywood Reporter launches ‘Behind the Screen,’ Carolyn Giardina’s tech blog
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, April 2013 In early April 2013, FishbowlLA covered the launch of “Behind the Screen” — a new hollywoodreporter.com blog curated by contributing editor Carolyn Giardina, dedicated to film-and-entertainment technology. Then Carolyn Giardina was — and is — one of the most-cited…
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Courtney Friel says goodbye to FOX 11 — February 2013, after six years at KTTV
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, February 2013 In mid-February 2013, FishbowlLA covered entertainment reporter Courtney Friel’s farewell to FOX 11 (KTTV) after six years with the LA station and its sister network. Friel told FBLA her first priority was some quiet weekend time at home with…
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March 2013: San Diego’s Doug Porter on the Koch-Manchester-Tribune buyout rumors
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2013 In mid-March 2013, FishbowlLA tracked San Diego Free Press columnist Doug Porter’s skeptical reaction to the swirling rumors that the Koch brothers — possibly in partnership with San Diego U-T owner Doug Manchester — might buy the Tribune Company’s…
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Mediabistro’s post-Oscars Google+ Hangout — February 2013, and a platform that didn’t last
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, February 2013 In late February 2013, FishbowlLA promoted a Mediabistro post-Oscars Google+ Hangout — a live video discussion of the 85th Academy Awards. The piece previewed the big questions: could Emmanuelle Riva, the oldest Best Actress nominee in Academy history, upset…
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Pete Hammond’s Cannes Great Gatsby coverage — May 2013, Deadline vs TheWrap vs the Drudge boost
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, May 2013 In mid-May 2013, Deadline.com’s Pete Hammond produced an opening-night-at-Cannes piece on The Great Gatsby’s festival debut. The original FishbowlLA framing flagged a specific editorial-methodology issue. TheWrap had Alonso Duralde’s parallel coverage; the Drudge Report boost amplified the broader Cannes-press…
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler work the Golden Globes Q&A trail — January 2013 BFF hosting cycle
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2013 In mid-January 2013, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler executed a substantial press-tour cycle ahead of their first co-hosting turn at the Golden Globes. The cycle included exclusive interviews with The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Weekly, plus a Wednesday-afternoon conference…
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Mary Thom dies, HuffPost Live goes cable, AOL Music axed — Morning Media Newsfeed for April 29, 2013
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Donya Blaze on FishbowlLA, April 2013 On April 29, 2013, FishbowlLA ran one of its Morning Media Newsfeed roundups. The lead story was the death of Mary Thom, the longtime Ms. magazine editor, who had died at 68 in an upstate New York motorcycle accident.…