https://talkingbiznews.com/tag/entertainment-industry/ A business journalism site for pens in pursuit of the bottom line Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://talkingbiznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/tbn_logo.svg https://talkingbiznews.com/tag/entertainment-industry/ 32 32 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/crosbie-named-senior-entertainment-reporter-at-business-insider/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/crosbie-named-senior-entertainment-reporter-at-business-insider/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:38:20 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=172167 Eve Crosbie has been named a senior entertainment reporter at Business Insider, based in London. Her coverage includes historical and fantasy dramas (“Outlander,” “The Crown” ), the reality star family the Chrisleys, “Yellowstone” and its spinoffs, as well as general entertainment and celebrity culture. Before joining Business Insider in 2022, she wrote for publications including […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/crosbie-named-senior-entertainment-reporter-at-business-insider/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/cnn-entertainment-writer-lowry-is-departing/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/cnn-entertainment-writer-lowry-is-departing/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:19:46 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=171896 Veteran entertainment industry reporter Brian Lowry is departing CNN, reports Brian Steinberg of Variety. Steinberg writes, “Lowry holds deep knowledge of the television and studio business and an ability to discuss it with both wit and concision, qualities that have buoyed him over a long career also spent at Variety and The Los Angeles Times. In recent weeks, he […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/cnn-entertainment-writer-lowry-is-departing/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-maas-to-cover-video-game-industry/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-maas-to-cover-video-game-industry/#respond Wed, 05 Jun 2024 01:11:24 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=171163 Jennifer Maas has been promoted to senior business writer for television and video games at Variety. A story on its website states, “She will lead the entertainment news brand’s heightened coverage of the video game industry with special emphasis on the convergence of game content and IP with TV shows, movies, books and other media. “With […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-maas-to-cover-video-game-industry/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/ajc-hires-sicurella-to-cover-the-business-of-entertainment/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/ajc-hires-sicurella-to-cover-the-business-of-entertainment/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:09:38 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=170314 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired Savannah Sicurella to cover the business of the region’s entertainment industry, including film and music. She will start next week Sicurella has been covering commercial real estate with a focus on the office sector and restaurants for the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She joined the Chronicle in 2021. She has a degree in […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/ajc-hires-sicurella-to-cover-the-business-of-entertainment/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/masunaga-now-covering-entertainment-biz-for-la-times/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/masunaga-now-covering-entertainment-biz-for-la-times/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:25:33 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=169634 Los Angeles Times business reporter Samantha Masunaga is now covering entertainment business news. Masunaga has been writing about workplace culture and also covers the aerospace industry. Since joining The Times in 2014, she has covered local and national breaking news, the craft beer industry and Southern California’s Japanese American community. Masunaga has previously worked for […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/masunaga-now-covering-entertainment-biz-for-la-times/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/how-the-ankler-is-thriving-covering-the-entertainment-industry/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/how-the-ankler-is-thriving-covering-the-entertainment-industry/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:35:07 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=169161 Katie Robertson and Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times examine some startup news organizations that are thriving. Robertson and Mullin write, “The Ankler, a paid newsletter focused on Hollywood, is anchored by Richard Rushfield, an entertainment journalist who has emerged as Hollywood’s unsparing gadfly, narrating the industry’s unending chaos and skewering the actors, agents and executives responsible […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/how-the-ankler-is-thriving-covering-the-entertainment-industry/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/why-matthew-bellonis-entertainment-industry-newsletter-thrives/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/why-matthew-bellonis-entertainment-industry-newsletter-thrives/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:26:49 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=168778 Nicholas Quah of Vulture profiles Matthew Belloni, who writes an entertainment industry newsletter for Puck. Quah writes, “The newsletter in question, Puck’s What I’m Hearing, with 15,000 paid subscribers (and 35,000 more unpaid ones who can only read snippets), has steadily become the go-to chronicle of Hollywood, a must-read among the entertainment power elite, those who aspire […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/why-matthew-bellonis-entertainment-industry-newsletter-thrives/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-stephan-to-film-reporter/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-stephan-to-film-reporter/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 19:07:03 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=168503 Katcy Stephan has been promoted to film reporter at entertainment industry publication Variety. William Earl of Variety writes, “Stephan joined Variety in 2021 as social media editor. Under her leadership, Variety’s cumulative social footprint across major platforms has nearly doubled, reaching 12 million total followers as of this month across TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms. “With her […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/variety-promotes-stephan-to-film-reporter/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/hollywood-reporter-hires-cartwright-as-special-correspondent/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/hollywood-reporter-hires-cartwright-as-special-correspondent/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:34:12 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=167630 The Hollywood Reporter has hired The Daily Beast editor at large Lachlan Cartwright to cover the intersection of media, entertainment and politics and launch a new newsletter. Cartwright will start his new job on Jan. 29. He has been at The Daily Beast for six years. Previously, Cartwright was an executive editor at the National Enquirer and Radar Online. Before that, […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/hollywood-reporter-hires-cartwright-as-special-correspondent/feed/ 0 https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/former-executive-editor-of-the-wrap-joins-comms-firm/ https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/former-executive-editor-of-the-wrap-joins-comms-firm/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:15:42 +0000 https://talkingbiznews.com/?p=167411 Jethro Nededog, former co-executive editor of The Wrap, has been hired by The Lippin Group as vice president on its corporate communications team. ”From the day I met Jethro, he impressed me with his knowledge of the entertainment and media worlds and his exceptional skill set as a writer and strategic thinker,” said Dick Lippin, […]]]> https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/former-executive-editor-of-the-wrap-joins-comms-firm/feed/ 0