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Joseph Kapsch disputes TheWrap’s exit story — a 2011 THR masthead messy moment
By Owen Reyes · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer (2011) · Wayback archive → In late October 2011, TheWrap’s Lucas Shaw reported that THR.com editor Joseph Kapsch — only a few months into the job — was on his way out. Kapsch publicly disputed the report. Then Patrick Day, THR’s deputy web editor, had just…
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THR’s web editor disputes TheWrap’s report of his exit
By Sasha Park · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, 2011 In October 2011 FishbowlLA found itself refereeing a bitter dispute between two media outlets over a story about a third one. Then TheWrap’s Lucas Shaw had reported that THR.com deputy web editor Patrick Day was leaving for the LA Times,…
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June 2011: David Poland takes on Nikki Finke over the Lynne Segall post
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Pandora Young on FishbowlLA, June 2011 In mid-June 2011, FishbowlLA tracked a public clash between Movie City News writer David Poland and Deadline.com’s Nikki Finke. Finke had published a lengthy post slamming outgoing media executive Lynne Segall, accusing her of an assortment of unethical behavior…
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THR launches FASHtrack — the 2011 fashion-vertical experiment and what survived
By Owen Reyes · Originally reported by Richard Horgan (2011) · Wayback archive → In mid-October 2011 The Hollywood Reporter launched FASHtrack — a new print-and-online fashion column under contributing editor Elizabeth Snead and writer Merle Ginsberg. The launch fit the broader Janice Min strategy of building THR.com vertical by vertical, with fashion as one…
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The Hollywood Reporter rolls out a fashion blog
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, 2011 In October 2011 The Hollywood Reporter launched a fashion column — another sign of how central red-carpet style had become to the entertainment-trade business. Then THR announced ‘FASHtrack,’ a print and online fashion column. FishbowlLA, in its way, led with…
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Tom O’Neil takes Gold Derby back independent — and where awards prediction has gone since
By Owen Reyes · Originally reported by Richard Horgan (2011) · Wayback archive → In early October 2011, Tom O’Neil — the awards-prediction journalist who had been running TheEnvelope.com under LA Times branding — announced he was taking his Gold Derby site back independent. Then O’Neil had been running Gold Derby for years before partnering…
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Tom O’Neil on taking Gold Derby independent
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-20 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, 2011 In October 2011 FishbowlLA interviewed Tom O’Neil as he pulled his awards-prediction site Gold Derby off TheEnvelope.com to run it independently. Then O’Neil told FishbowlLA he was taking Gold Derby back onto the open web with executive editor Paul Sheehan,…
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The Hollywood Reporter hires actress Lake Bell as its automotive columnist
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-21 · Originally reported by Matthew Fleischer on FishbowlLA, 2011 The Hollywood Reporter’s 2011 hiring spree had a habit of producing unexpected bylines. One of the more unusual: a working actress on the masthead. Then In September 2011, FishbowlLA flagged yet another addition to The Hollywood Reporter’s expanding roster —…
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Mel Gibson’s April 2011 Deadline exclusive — Allison Hope Weiner’s access, Anita Busch’s praise, David Poland’s revulsion
By Owen Reyes · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, April 2011 In late April 2011, Deadline Hollywood ran an exclusive interview with Mel Gibson — his first substantive on-record press engagement since the broader cycle of 2010 controversies that had substantially diminished his Hollywood standing. Allison Hope Weiner conducted the…
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Section 34 — what PMC’s THR lawsuit actually alleged, and how the case ended
By Owen Reyes · Originally reported by Richard Horgan (2011) · Wayback archive → The headline charge of Penske Media Corporation’s September 2011 lawsuit against Prometheus Global Media was about TVLine and HollywoodReporter.com having suspiciously similar templates. The actual document was 30 paragraphs longer and aimed at something different: a numbered list of stories THR…