14 posts and columns on Nikki Finke

Netflix Adds (Some of) Relativity’s Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

in Media on July 5, 2010 at 8:33 pm PT

Netflix is set to announce a new deal with Hollywood production shop Relativity Media that will give it streaming rights to some of the movies Relativity works on. Not an earth-shaking deal, but a sign of things to come.

Netflix Adds (Some of) Relativity's Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

in Media on July 5, 2010 at 8:33 pm PT

Netflix is set to announce a new deal with Hollywood production shop Relativity Media that will give it streaming rights to some of the movies Relativity works on. Not an earth-shaking deal, but a sign of things to come.

Mobile Blogger “Boy Genius” Unmasked, Acquired

in Media on April 26, 2010 at 9:32 pm PT

You probably haven’t heard of Jonathan Geller. But you may have read his site. Geller’s Boy Genius Report is avidly followed by those obsessed with mobile phones and the companies who make them. Among those paying attention: Mail.com owner Jay Penske, who has just purchased Geller’s three-and-a-half year-old site.

The New Yorker Takes on Hollywood Power Blogger Nikki Finke

in Media on October 4, 2009 at 1:39 pm PT

Yet more–a lot of ink–on Nikki Finke, Hollywood’s best-read and most feared blogger. What does Finke think? “Amusing.” Meanwhile, what about Finke’s plans to hire a New York correspondent?
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"Terminator" Terminated? Actually, Restructured!

in News on September 29, 2009 at 12:41 am PT

Memo to all Cyborg Geeks: “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology….We can make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.” Wait, that’s “The Six Million Dollar Man” motto! But it might as well apply to the Hollywood outfit that owns the “Terminator” movie franchise.
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Who’s Going to Work for Nikki Finke?

in Media on September 4, 2009 at 5:56 am PT

Nikki Finke, the Hollywood power blogger who recently began working for Jay Penske’s Mail.com Media Corp., has a new Web site. And soon, she will have a new employee–a “well-known figure from established media.” But who is it?
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Sold! Hollywood Blog Queen Nikki Finke Goes to…Mail.com.

in Media on June 23, 2009 at 6:26 am PT

The Nikki Finke auction is over, and the winner is…Mail.com. Jay Penske’s Mail.com Media Corporation, which owns the Mail.com email service and a small portfolio of Web sites, has acquired the blogger, whose Deadline Hollywood Daily is a must-read for Hollywood.
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Shocking Upfront Rant Exposed! (Spoiler: Not So Shocking.)

in Media on May 21, 2009 at 11:47 am PT

Did you hear about Jimmy Kimmel’s shocking rant at ABC’s “upfront” sales presentation this week? The New York Times said the comedian’s routine, presented to an auditorium full of potential ad buyers, generated a “mixture of uneasy laughs and the occasional gasp.” But this was pretty tame stuff. See for yourself.
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Viacom: No Layoffs Yet. But No Hiring, Parties, Either.

in Media on November 4, 2008 at 4:45 pm PT

A rumored Election Day mass firing doesn’t materialize. But there will be plenty of budget-tightening at Sumner Redstone’s cable networks.