Nikki Finke
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Nikki Finke is a controversial American entertainment industry journalist and media commentator who owns, edits, and publishes a daily on-line entertainment magazine called Deadline Hollywood Daily, (DHD) which she began in March 2006 and describes as her "forum to break news about the infotainment industry." Finke also writes a column for LA Weekly (since June 2002); her LA Weekly columns are linked to her DHD web site.
Finke typically writes commentary and criticisms on subjects ranging from the entertainment industry, business, American politics, and culture. Her writing style has been described as rather brash and "in your face", which has made Finke the subject of some controversy.[1] In 2006, Finke's "Deadline Hollywood" columns in LA Weekly won First Place in the Alternative Weekly Awards for the category Media Reporting/Criticism, Circulation >50,000.
Finke's career in journalism has included years as an Associated Press foreign correspondent in Moscow and London; Finke has worked for Newsweek (as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles). Finke has also worked for the Los Angeles Times as a staff writer covering entertainment and features. Finke has also written for: The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Glamour, Premiere, The Washington Post, Salon.com, Premiere, and Los Angeles Magazine. She appears occasionally on radio and television commenting about the entertainment and media business.
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- Entertainment industry
- Film criticism
- Journalism
- E-zines (Magazines published on-line)
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- Nikki Finke's Biography at Deadline Hollywood.
- Homepage of Deadline Hollywood.
- Nikki Finke Archive of her work at New York Magazine.
- Jon Friedman of MarketWatch compliments Finke for her "in your face" style.
- R.J. Smith of Los Angeles Magazine says Finke is "a Hollywood power".
- Nikki Finke Archive of her work at LA Weekly.
- Finke's 'Deadline Hollywood' columns in LA Weekly win 2006 Alt-Weekly Award.
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