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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…
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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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March 2013: San Diego’s Doug Porter on the Koch-Manchester-Tribune buyout rumors
By Maya Trent · Republished 2026-05-16 · Originally reported by Richard Horgan on FishbowlLA, March 2013 In mid-March 2013, FishbowlLA tracked San Diego Free Press columnist Doug Porter’s skeptical reaction to the swirling rumors that the Koch brothers — possibly in partnership with San Diego U-T owner Doug Manchester — might buy the Tribune Company’s…
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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…