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March 2013: a Yahoo Movies GM moves over to The Hollywood Reporter
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2013 In mid-March 2013, FishbowlLA covered Sean Phillips — a Yahoo Movies general manager and editor-in-chief — moving over to The Hollywood Reporter, joining the trade’s film team alongside Gregg Kilday, Alex Ben Block, Borys Kit, and the rest of…
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May 2012: a Zócalo Public Square editor grumbles about the Clooney-Obama fundraiser ‘Starmageddon’
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, May 2012 In mid-May 2012, FishbowlLA covered Zócalo Public Square editor Joe Mathews grumbling about the LA traffic that a George Clooney-hosted Studio City fundraiser for President Obama would cause — a “Starmageddon,” in the framing of the moment. The original…
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Maia Lazar curates the legacy of her mother, LA journalist Cathy Seipp — December 2010
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, December 2010 In late December 2010, FishbowlLA covered Maia Lazar — the 21-year-old daughter of the late LA freelance journalist Cathy Seipp — and her work that holiday season curating and continuing her mother’s journalistic legacy. The original framing tracked the…
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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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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 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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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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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…