Charlie Rose with Ron Insana; Norman Ornstein; David Sanger; Terry Moran; Sharon Waxman (April 28, 2005)
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I've always respected veteran Hollywood journalist Sharon Waxman, who was among the first (the recent first, anyway) to blow holes in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and their Golden Globes hustle. The website, The Wrap, she launched isn't bad. It...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Comcast's acquisition of NBC is basically a done deal says Sharon Waxman. Quoting an excutive familiar with the situation, Waxman reports the two parties have "agreed to agree" to a deal, which will be formally announced in the next few weeks. Read the rest of this story » See Also: Comcast Won't Toss Jeff Zucker If It Buys NBC (CMCSA, GE) Vivendi Has Veto Power...
Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Former NYT colleague Sharon Waxman speaks about her transition from New York Times LA correspondent to new media entrepreneur in an article with Simon Dumenco of AdAge. Rather than return to the Metro desk in New York, Waxman launched a site covering Hollywood news called The Wrap. She had worked as a newspaper per journalist for [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Sharon Waxman reported Comcast had struck a deal to buy NBC Universal. This "exclusive" made everyone freak out and then shoot off releases and talk to other reporters saying it wasn't true. Waxman updated her story to soften the language. Nikki Finke commented on it with no soft language whatsoever. Waxman is still sticking to her guns that there were talks of...
Mike Hudack (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
soupsoup : Sharon Waxman at The Wrap Comcast in talks to buy NBC Universal Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, is in talks to buy the entertainment giant NBC-Universal from General Electric, according to a knowledgeable individual. Deal points were hammered out at a meeting among bankers for both sides in New...
The Hot Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Quite a day for Sharon Waxman and The Wrap. This morning, the big headline was "Despite Denials, Big Change Looms at Universal," hypothereporting that Shmuger & Linde were moments away from being dumped for Fogelson and Langley. By the afternoon, the entire company was being sold, deal points being hammered out already in Exclusive: Comcast in Talks to Buy NBC-Universal...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Quite a day for Sharon Waxman and The Wrap This morning, the big headline was "Despite Denials, Big Change Looms at Universal," hypothereporting that Shmuger & Linde were moments away from being...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... while Clement lost his best actor bid to that show's repeating champ Alec Baldwin. REUTERS • Sharon Waxman says...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Think about it: When was the last time you saw former NBC wunderkind (and Vulture hero) Ben Silverman singing in a towel , hitting the slopes , or renting a tiger for recreational purposes? It's certainly been a while, right? Might he actually be working hard on something serious? The Wrap's Sharon Waxman has exciting details today on Silverman's new silo-busting "360-degree, multi-creative...
Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... Amanda Carpenter, the Washington Times. Media duped: Mark Feldstein, George Washington University; Sharon Waxman, TheWrap.com. (N) 7 a.m. CNN The Chris Matthews Show Dan Rather, HD Net; Helene Cooper, the New York Times; Andrew Sullivan, the Atlantic; Kathleen Parker, the Washington Post. (N) 7:30 a.m. KNBC Meet the Press The economy and executive compensation; Afghanistan; Healthcare:...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... reporting. As deputy editor, he will help shape the site's news coverage, said Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman . Previously on FBLA: Steven Mikulan Leaves LA Weekly Neon Tommy Piece On Steven Mikulan New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Sharon Waxman of The Deal interveiwed Bloomberg’s Norm Pearlstine about its pending acquisition of BusinessWeek magazine. Here is an excerpt: Can we talk about staffing? BusinessWeek has 400 people. Will there be firings? The quick answer is we don’t know. We only announced the purchase on Tuesday at 5 p.m. What I have said is that we will [...]
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Sharon Waxman of The Wrap has three reasons why the acquisition of BusinessWeek makes good sense for Bloonberg LP. Here’s one of them: “Bloomberg’s thousands of terminals are rented monthly around the world, mainly by financial traders. The subscriber base for BusinessWeek is a different category — the men and women who make up American industry. “Bloomberg...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The Wrap 's Sharon Waxman , who first reported that a deal between cable provider Comcast and GE -owned NBC Universal "had already been completed," said yesterday that an agreement is "done in principle." Reports Waxman : "What I am hearing from inside and around the deal is that indeed the Comcast deal to buy 51 percent of NBC-Universal is done in principle,...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... they knew was improperly obtained. Comcast & NBC-U: 'They've All Agreed to Agree' (The Wrap) Sharon Waxman: Nobody I know believes the latest round of sniffing around the edges of NBC-Universal by NewsCorp or Liberty Media. What I am hearing from inside and around the deal is that indeed the Comcast deal to buy 51 percent of NBC-Universal is done in principle. Iranian Journalists...
