Who founded Deadline Hollywood and when was it started?
Deadline Hollywood was founded by Nikki Finke. She began writing a column called Deadline Hollywood for LA Weekly in June 2002, then launched the Deadline Hollywood Daily blog in March 2006.
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Who owns Deadline Hollywood?
Deadline Hollywood has been owned by Penske Media Corporation since 2009, when Nikki Finke sold the site to the company, which was then called Mail.com Media.
How much did Nikki Finke sell Deadline Hollywood for?
Finke sold Deadline to Penske Media Corporation for a low-seven-figure sum in 2009. She also received a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the Los Angeles Times as worth millions of dollars, plus a share of the site's revenue.
Why did Nikki Finke leave Deadline Hollywood?
Finke left Deadline Hollywood in November 2013 after a year-long disagreement with Penske Media Corporation. The conflict followed Penske's acquisition of Variety, a competing trade magazine and website.
When did Deadline Hollywood change its web address to deadline.com?
The URL changed to deadline.com in September 2009, the same year Penske Media Corporation acquired the site. At that point the name was also shortened from Deadline Hollywood Daily to Deadline Hollywood.
What editors did Deadline Hollywood hire when it expanded in 2010?
In 2010, Deadline hired Variety reporter Mike Fleming Jr. as its New York editor, Financial Times editor Tim Adler to lead Deadline London, and Nellie Andreeva as co-editor-in-chief for television coverage.