Penske Media Corp. purchased Deadline for a reported $14 million, with her remaining editor-in-chief and continuing her reporting and commentary.Finke was legendary in her day, writing scoops on her Deadline blog that often proclaimed “Toldja!” when something she’d reported turned out to be true.But although she was required daily reading in Hollywood, Finke was also feared and hated by many, as she became notorious for threatening sources and trading one piece of information to get another more damaging piece of information.Among the targets of her often personal-seeming grievances were then-NBC chief Ben Silverman, the former head of the William Morris agency and many other Hollywood power players of the early oughts.She suffered from lifelong diabetes and was notoriously reclusive because of her discomfort over being overweight, having been a society debutante as a young woman.
Mainstream Hollywood Damages Its Profit Potential By Largely Ignoring Latinx Stories and Audiences: Study
27.09.2022 - 22:05 / variety.com
Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Hollywood is leaving money on the table by leaving Latinx characters largely on the sidelines in mainstream TV shows and movies. That’s the message from an organization backed by some of the nation’s most prominent Latinx business leaders that has come forward with research and a campaign to turn up pressure on the industry to address the stagnant state of Hispanic representation in front of and behind the camera. The nonprofit Latino Donor Collaborative released an extensive study Tuesday that demonstrates how little progress Latinx talent has made in TV shows and movies over the past five years.
“We are such a big part of this country and this economy but unfortunately Latinos are lagging behind in media,” Ana Valdez, LDC president and CEO, told Variety. “We need to see our stories and our faces there.”
LDC has been working quietly in Hollywood and in the broader business community to promote Latinx advancement on corporate boards, in C-suites and in elected offices at all levels. The nonprofit funded by donations from Latinx leaders including LDC chairman and co-founder Sol Trujillo, former chairman-CEO of telecom firms U.S. West and Orange. The LDC’s focus has been on generating research aimed at highlighting the economic opportunities for investors and corporate America to more actively court U.S.-born Latinx consumers. LDC analysis demonstrates that the economic output of U.S.-born Latinx population would amount to the fifth largest economy in the world with a gross domestic output of $2.8 trillion. In media, LDC has worked behind the scenes to counsel top management on the audience potential to be found in Latinx characters and stories. But with the excruciatingly slow pace of
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