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Anthony Zuiker’s 2010 ‘digi-novel’ bet — and the format the streaming era replaced it with
By Cassidy Lee · Originally reported by Richard Horgan (2010) · Wayback archive → In November 2010, CSI franchise creator Anthony Zuiker gave FishbowlLA an exclusive interview about the next installments in his “digi-novel” trilogy. Level 26: Dark Origins (2009) had been the first attempt; Dark Prophecy was the new release. Then The digi-novel format…
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Michalene Busico’s 2010 move to Robb Report — and the long Spring Street Project diaspora
By Jordan Vega · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer (2010) · Wayback archive → In late October 2010, CurtCo Media announced that Michalene Busico — formerly executive editor of Entrepreneur, deputy features editor of the LA Times, food editor of the New York Times for five years before that — was joining Robb Report as…
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Bill Carter’s October 2010 ‘War for Late Night’ — and the long arc of the Conan-Jay conflict
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, October 2010 In late October 2010 — only ten months after Conan O’Brien had been forced off NBC’s Tonight Show by the late-night-schedule rearrangement that returned Jay Leno to the post-11 p.m. slot — New York Times television writer Bill Carter’s…
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Denis Dutton, founder of Arts & Letters Daily — December 2010 obit and the durable link-curation legacy
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, December 2010 In late December 2010, philosophy professor Denis Dutton — founder of the link-curation site Arts & Letters Daily — died in New Zealand at 66. Dutton, who taught at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, was Los Angeles-born and…
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The LA Press Club’s 2009 National Entertainment Journalism Awards call for entries
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Tina Dupuy on FishbowlLA, January 2009 In late January 2009, FishbowlLA flagged the approaching deadline for the LA Press Club’s National Entertainment Journalism Awards — with a wry note that FBLA had found the call for entries on Craigslist rather than receiving it directly. Then…
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The Huffington Post Investigative Fund’s May 2009 launch — Lawrence Roberts, Nick Penniman, and the nonprofit-investigative model
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Tina Dupuy on FishbowlLA, May 2009 In late May 2009, the Huffington Post Investigative Fund announced that Lawrence Roberts — the Washington Post’s Investigations Editor — would join as the Fund’s Executive Editor. Arianna Huffington chaired the Fund’s Advisory Board; Nick Penniman was the Executive…
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Kit Rachlis quits LA Magazine in 2009 — and the Mary Melton era that followed
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Kate Coe on FishbowlLA, May 2009 In mid-May 2009, Kit Rachlis resigned as editor-in-chief of Los Angeles magazine. Executive editor Mary Melton was elevated to the top job. Folio reported that Rachlis’ exit had nothing to do with the controversial June cover story the magazine…
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FishbowlLA at the party — Jacob Weisberg’s ‘Bush Tragedy’ book launch at Arianna Huffington’s house, 2008
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Kate Coe on FishbowlLA, February 2008 In late February 2008, FishbowlLA ran one of its “FBLA Goes to the Party” dispatches — covering Slate editor Jacob Weisberg’s launch event for his book The Bush Tragedy. The Domino-sponsored party drew 300 guests to Arianna Huffington’s Brentwood…
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Eric Mika’s 2007 plan to take The Hollywood Reporter global — print ‘defying gravity
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Greg on FishbowlLA, November 2007 In early November 2007, FishbowlLA interviewed Eric Mika — The Hollywood Reporter’s senior vice president and publishing director — about the trade’s ambitious global-expansion push. Mika told FBLA that “the Hollywood Reporter for the last several months is defying gravity,”…