The Reality Affects The Hollywood Reporter

Today my parent company boss received instructions from lawyers forPrometheus Global Media, who owns The Hollywood Reporter,declaring “it originates to the client’s attention that the worker, Nikki Finke of Deadline.com, has become involved in conduct in your account that crosses the road from her usual inappropriate behavior to some concerted and illegal make an effort to disrupt THR’s business. In order to obtain a competitive advantage for Deadline.com, Ms. Finke wrongly has told THR marketers yet others within the Hollywood community that THR is going through financial problems [sic] will make it make massive lay offs, finish its print edition and/or go bankrupt, or perhaps be offered by Prometheus.” I’m also charged with harrassing THR staffsuch as”emailing one worker using the threat of ‘humiliating’ him…” The lawyers then e-mailed me. Here was my response (which my boss wants me to express): To: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New york city You are able to stick this letter your asses if you feel you are able to intimidate me like a journalist that has spent several weeks now confirming and planning articles concerning the Hollywood Reporter that we intend to publish soon. Contrary I've been very circumspect about telling Hollywood concerning the truth regarding THR. Since the truth affects: – Now THR let go/fired more staffers additionally towards the other staffers let go/fired this summer time alone. – I've approached THR staffers only if they're saying ‘exclusives’ that aren’t (because Deadline had the real earlier ‘exclusive’) or when THR staffers steal Deadline content (our exclusives without any reference or link). [See cease and desist letter which Deadline delivered to THR on Feb 25th, 2011.] I've been warning other reporters along with other media shops relating to this too. And that's why I intend to start “naming names” of reporters who slap their bylines on Deadline’s exclusive information. They deserve humiliation for this. – Within the situation from the staffer you make reference to, he accepted he was wrong and transformed his copy once i approached him. – THR’s traders have complained openly about how exactly much red-colored ink The Hollywood Reporter is hemorrhaging. – THR’s management have complained openly about issues with ad sales people and funds reserves. – THR staff keep calling me and requesting jobs saying they're concerned about The Hollywood Reporter’s future. – THR keeps coming after Deadline’s staff to employ them “with an empty check” despite the fact that we now have contracts. – Prometheus just removed its Boss Richard Beckman. – Your personal writer Lynne Segall distributed to me multiple reviews about how exactly much red-colored ink The Hollywood Reporter continues to be hemorrhaging, just how much ad sales it had been losing, along with other negative information. She also went in to the marketplace every day discussing this data with Hollywood showing Deadline was the highest buy. – Guggenheim’s Todd Boehly slandered me to Bloomberg/Business Week. It's also wise to remember that he previously showed very inappropriate behavior towards me when he was offering me the THR editorship. – Prometheus’ Richard Beckman slandered me within the pages of THR as well as in multiple interviews and emails. – Prometheus’ Beckman and THR’s Janice Min have slandered me to multiple journalists. – THR’s Matt Belloni authored a slanderous email about me that they circulated broadly around Hollywood. – Evaluating Deadline To THR when it comes to editorial quality or traffic amounts is much like evaluating The Economist towards the National Enquirer. Deadline is definitely an elite business trade about film and TV that doesn't cover celebs. Beckman themself banned his staff by using the term “trade” to explain THR with a gossip editor running it and never an experienced business journalist. Because of this, THR’s multiple house advertisements slandering Deadline are misleading, false, and meant to harm us available on the market. Out of the box the situation with all the above, including this letter you simply sent me. Now obtain the fuck from my face.

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