{{Short description|Online entertainment news magazine}} {{Italic title}} {{Use American English|date=April 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Deadline Hollywood'' | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | screenshot = Deadline home page screenshot.jpg | caption = Screenshot of the website in December 2024 | url = {{Official URL}} | type = Film and entertainment news | headquarters = United States | owner = Penske Media Corporation | founder = Nikki Finke | editors = {{Plainlist| * Nellie Andreeva * Mike Fleming Jr. * Justin Kroll * Anthony D'Alessandro }} | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2009|9|4}} }} '''''Deadline Hollywood''''', commonly known as '''''Deadline''''' and also referred to as '''''Deadline.com''''', is an online news site founded as the news blog '''''Deadline Hollywood Daily''''' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is focused on Hollywood and new trends in the entertainment industry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2009 |title=About Us |url=https://deadline.com/about-dhd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513091059/http://deadline.com/about-dhd/ |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009.
== History == ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an ''LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finke |first=Nikki |date=May 11, 2016 |title=Deadline Turns 10 and Celebrates Disruptors: Nikki Finke Looks Back |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/nikki-finke-deadline-hollywood-10th-anniversary-1201750730/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706094516/https://deadline.com/2016/05/nikki-finke-deadline-hollywood-10th-anniversary-1201750730/ |archive-date=July 6, 2021 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maglio |first=Tony |last2=Donnelly |first2=Matt |date=July 20, 2017 |title=She's Back?! Nikki Finke Poised to Return to ''Deadline Hollywood'' as Columnist (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/nikki-finke-return-deadline-hollywood-exclusive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327224428/https://www.thewrap.com/nikki-finke-return-deadline-hollywood-exclusive/ |archive-date=March 27, 2021 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=TheWrap}}</ref> The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009.<ref name="LAMPU">{{Cite web |last=Fritz |first=Ben |date=June 24, 2009 |title=Mail.com Picks Up ''Deadline Hollywood'' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-24-fi-ct-deadline24-story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807160643/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-24-fi-ct-deadline24-story.html |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "millions of dollars", as well as part of the site's revenue.<ref name="LAMPU" /> In September 2009, the URL was changed to ''deadline.com'' and the site's name became ''Deadline Hollywood.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haber |first=Matt |date=September 4, 2009 |title=Fixedja! Nikki Finke's ''Deadline'' Sleeker, Less Daily |url=http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/09/04/fixedja-nikki-finke/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318103815/http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/pressed/2009/09/04/fixedja-nikki-finke/ |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Portfolio.com}}</ref>
The publication expanded to New York in 2010 with the hiring of ''Variety'' reporter Mike Fleming Jr. as its New York editor,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Pandora |date=January 11, 2010 |title=Nikki Finke Hires Mike Fleming Away from ''Variety'' |url=https://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/journos/nikki_finke_hires_mike_fleming_away_from_variety_148495.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114065446/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/journos/nikki_finke_hires_mike_fleming_away_from_variety_148495.asp |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Mediabistro}}</ref> ''Financial Times'' editor Tim Adler to lead ''Deadline London'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ernst |first=Amanda |date=January 11, 2010 |title=Nikki Fine Hires ''Variety'' Vet to Helm Deadline New York |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/revolving_door/nikki_fine_hires_variety_vet_to_helm_deadline_new_york_148471.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115225305/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/revolving_door/nikki_fine_hires_variety_vet_to_helm_deadline_new_york_148471.asp |archive-date=January 15, 2010 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Mediabistro}}</ref> and Nellie Andreeva for the site's television coverage as "co-editors-in-chief, TV".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reagan |first=Gillian |date=March 29, 2010 |title=Nikki Finke Poaches ''Hollywood Reporter''{{'}}s TV Editor Nellie Andreeva |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/nikki-finke-poaches-hollywood-reporters-tv-editor-nellie-andreeva-2010-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161626/https://www.businessinsider.com/nikki-finke-poaches-hollywood-reporters-tv-editor-nellie-andreeva-2010-3 |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> Finke remained the editor of ''Deadline Hollywood'' until November 2013, when she left after a year-long disagreement between herself and Penske, which had bought ''Variety'', a competing trade magazine and website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Leslie |date=November 6, 2013 |title=Nikki Finke Leaves ''Deadline Hollywood'' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/business/media/after-year-of-feuding-nikki-finke-leaves-hollywood-website.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064926/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/business/media/after-year-of-feuding-nikki-finke-leaves-hollywood-website.html |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website}} * [https://pmc.com/our-brands/deadline ''Deadline Hollywood''] at PMC
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