Nikki Finke
| Nikki Finke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nikki Finke December 1953 (age 63) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, blogger, publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Jeffrey W. Greenberg (1980-1982) |
Nikki Finke (born 1953) is an American journalist, blogger, publisher and writer. She is presently Sr. Editorial Contributor for PBM run by media owner Jay Penske. She also is founder and CEO of Hollywood Dementia LLC and its website HollywoodDementia.com for showbiz short fiction. She was the founder, editor-in-chief, and president of Deadline.com, a website with original content consisting of her and other veteran showbiz journalists' reporting and commentary on the business of the entertainment industry. The website was formerly known as Deadline Hollywood Daily. In December 2011, she was given the additional title of editorial advisor of parent company Penske Media Corp. Finke has been called the "most feared, despised, and uncompromising journalist in Hollywood."
On November 5, 2013, Deadline Hollywood announced Nikki Finke's departure.
On June 12, 2014, she launched NikkiFinke.com.
On August 3, 2015, she launched HollywoodDementia.com as a site for showbiz short fiction written by her and other insiders. The New York Times said, "Ms. Finke finds herself facing a daunting new chapter in her career: a plan to leave journalism and write and publish fiction about the entertainment industry.""There is a lot of truth in fiction," she said. "There are things I am going to be able to say in fiction that I can’t say in journalism right now." Patrick Goldstein, a former Los Angeles Times film industry columnist told The New York Times that "everyone [in Hollywood] is secretly full of trepidation about what Nikki’s new site will be like. Will it be literary short stories, or will it be fiction as a thin disguise for the truth?"
On May 11, 2016, Deadline printed Finke's remembrance at how she founded Deadline Hollywood on the occasion of the website's 10-year anniversary. "When I started Deadline Hollywood Daily, as it was called way back in 2006, I needed a quicker way to report breaking entertainment news than my weekly newspaper column. So I bought the URL DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com for 14 bucks and change. I didn’t set out to be a disruptor. Or an internet journalist who created something out of nothing that put the Hollywood trades back on their heels, and today, under Penske Media ownership, is a website worth $100+ million. Or a woman with brass balls, attitude and ruthless hustle, who told hard truths about the moguls and who accurately reported scoops first."
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