Ayautheotl
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In honor of tonight’s Golden Globes, an awards show everyone is surprised to hear is still around, a reminder that Todd Boehly (the interim CEO of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association which conducts the Golden Globes) is also one of the owners of the Hollywood Reporter.
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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Let’s dig…THR, along with Variety, is one of two long time motion picture industry trade publications. This means they focus on the workings of the industry, business dealings, casting calls, etc. Here in LA, THR is usually viewed as the more right leaning of the two. 1/?
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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The Hollywood Reporter (THR )was founded by William R. Wilkerson, and is currently owned by Eldridge Industries and Penske Media Corporation. 2/?
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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William R. Wilkerson is famous for publishing lo lists of suspected communist sympathizers in the 40’s, which led to many people being blacklisted and unable to work for years. More about that here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_blacklist 3/?
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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Eldridge Industries was founded by Todd Boehly, who is also the chairman, CEO, and controlling member. Interestingly he is interim CEO of the controversial Hollywood Foreign Press Association and co-controlling owner and chairman of Premier League football club Chelsea 4/?
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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Penske Media Corporation, owned by Jay Penske, assumed day-to-day operations of THR in 2020. PMC also owns Variety, acquired in 2012. This consolidation of competing trade publications has rattled the industry and puts Jay Penske in a uniquely influential position. 5/?
01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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Jay Penske - savior of the press or industry media hoarder? More on Penske and PMC here: https://lamag.com/media/citizen-jay-how-eccentric-racing-heir-hollywood-media
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01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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All of this is to say, when derogatory non-stories get published, consider the history of the publication being used to broker power rather than the stories themselves. 7/7

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01:10 AM - Jan 08, 2024
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Martini C
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But as we can see from last night, award shows are a crap shoot as an investment.
In response to Ayautheotl.
03:21 PM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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In response to Martini C.
I see the “investment” as being more in influence and power, wring, rather than viewership. This article is paywalled but very interesting, I will quote below. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021
03:38 PM - Jan 08, 2024
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Ayautheotl
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In response to Ayautheotl.
Its members receive “access to Hollywood power players, invited to junkets in exotic locales, put up in five-star hotels and, as Globes nominations near, lavished with gifts, dinners and star-studded parties.
03:43 PM - Jan 08, 2024
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Martini C
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In response to Ayautheotl.
If the middleman (media) can be displaced from the influence relationship between artist and fan/supporter.....
03:44 PM - Jan 08, 2024
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