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May 2012: AOL narrows Arianna Huffington’s portfolio back to HuffPost
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Pandora Young on FishbowlLA, May 2012 In early May 2012, AOL announced that Arianna Huffington’s editorial portfolio — which had since the February 2011 $315 million Huffington Post acquisition included Patch, MovieFone, PopEater, and TechCrunch — was being narrowed back to just the Huffington Post.…
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When Deadline’s Mike Fleming moonlighted as Playboy’s celebrity interviewer
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, 2012 Long before he became one of the most-cited bylines in Hollywood deal coverage, Mike Fleming had a side gig: he conducted the marquee Q&A for Playboy. In 2012 FishbowlLA noted that the Deadline editor was still keeping that tradition alive,…
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When Entertainment Weekly trimmed a Jennifer Love Hewitt ad
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, 2012 A small FishbowlLA visual catch from April 2012: the same Lifetime ad campaign appeared in two magazines — and the two versions were not quite the same. Then The post set up a side-by-side. The back cover of The Hollywood…
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HuffPost consolidates its BlackVoices and LatinoVoices desks under one editor
By Cassidy Lee · Republished 2026-05-21 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, 2012 In early 2012, a small reshuffle at The Huffington Post hinted at how the site was managing its fast-growing identity verticals. Then FishbowlLA, citing Richard Prince’s column at the Maynard Institute, reported a personnel change at the top of HuffPost’s…
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The AP signs on to distribute Hollywood Reporter and Billboard stories
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, 2012 A February 2012 deal item: the Associated Press agreed to carry entertainment content from Prometheus Global Media’s two flagship titles, giving The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard a path to a far larger audience. Then FishbowlLA framed the news competitively. TheWrap…
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THR’s 2012 Russian edition — and the international franchise model that the geopolitical map redrew
By Owen Reyes · Originally reported by Richard Horgan (2012) · Wayback archive → In mid-January 2012 The Hollywood Reporter announced it was launching a Russian-language monthly print edition in March, with a companion website at thehollywoodreporter.ru. The launch was the third foreign-language THR property under Janice Min — following the path Billboard had pioneered…
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November 2011: Conrad Murray’s creditors sue NBCUniversal over the documentary fee
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, November 2011 In mid-November 2011, FishbowlLA covered a complicated media-ethics-and-litigation story: as the documentary Michael Jackson and the Doctor: A Fatal Friendship was set to air on MSNBC, creditors of Conrad Murray sued NBCUniversal. Murray had reportedly been paid around $300,000…
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March 2011: LA Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein takes the stand in the Tribune bankruptcy trial
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, March 2011 In mid-March 2011, FishbowlLA tracked a substantive LA-media-business moment: LA Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein took the stand in the Tribune Company bankruptcy trial. Then The Tribune Company bankruptcy was one of the most consequential American newspaper-industry financial collapses of…
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March 2011: Prometheus Global Media discounts a New York Post story about its CEO
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2011 In mid-March 2011, FishbowlLA covered Prometheus Global Media — the parent company of The Hollywood Reporter — discounting a New York Post story about its leadership. Then Prometheus Global Media was the holding company that owned The Hollywood Reporter,…
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March 2011: the LA Business Journal runs the numbers on the relaunched Hollywood Reporter
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2011 In late March 2011, FishbowlLA picked up a Greg Hernandez piece in the LA Business Journal that ran the business numbers on the relaunched Hollywood Reporter — the glossy weekly magazine that Janice Min had built from the ashes…