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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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February 2012: the AP picks up a Hollywood Reporter and Billboard news feed
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, February 2012 In mid-February 2012, FishbowlLA covered an Associated Press announcement: the wire service had partnered with Prometheus Global Media to distribute an entertainment-industry news feed drawing on The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. The original framing noted it added competition to…
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The 2012 Los Angeles Area Emmy winners — and the investigative reporting that took the prizes
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, August 2012 In mid-August 2012, FishbowlLA marked the 2012 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards by spotlighting the winning investigative work — the Wi-Fi-hacking, small-claims-scamming, and HACLA-spending reports that took prizes. The original framing argued that the investigative categories were the best…
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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 2011: the Courtney Love Twitter-defamation trial and its forensics expert
By Jordan Vega · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, January 2011 In early January 2011, FishbowlLA previewed the upcoming defamation trial between Courtney Love and fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir — a case built around Love’s Twitter posts. The original framing noted that the guaranteed highlight had been expected to be…
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October 2012: Jay Penske names Variety’s first female publisher
By Sasha Park · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, October 2012 In mid-October 2012, FishbowlLA covered a notable promotion at Variety: new owner Jay Penske had named Michelle Sobrino-Stearns — a 15-year veteran of the trade — its first-ever female publisher. The original framing tracked both the milestone and Penske’s…
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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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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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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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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…