{{Short description|American journalist and podcaster}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Matthew Belloni | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|50|2025|11|16}} | occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|podcaster}} | alma_mater = {{ubl|University of California, Berkeley (BA)|University of Southern California (JD)}} | employer = {{ubl|''The Hollywood Reporter'' (2006–2020)|Puck (2021–present)}} | spouse = {{marriage|Kimberlin Dalehite|2011}}<ref name=Marriage>{{Cite web |author=T. H. R. Staff |date=2011-10-11 |title=Hitched, Hatched, Hired |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hitched-hatched-hired-246312/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706221716/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hitched-hatched-hired-246312/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }} '''Matthew Belloni''' (born 1975)<ref name = Lee>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/business/matthew-belloni-puck-hollywood.html|title = Matthew Belloni Is Yelling 'Iceberg!' on the Hollywood Titanic|newspaper = New York Times|last = Aleksander|first = Irina|date = November 16, 2025|accessdate = November 16, 2025|url-access = limited}}</ref> is an American entertainment journalist, podcaster, and former attorney. He is a founding partner of the digital media company Puck.<ref name="natpe">{{cite news|url=https://www.natpe.com/hollywood/speakers/matthew-belloni|title=Matthew Belloni|publisher=NATPE|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> Before that, he was the editorial director of ''The Hollywood Reporter''.<ref name="sag">{{cite news|url=https://www.sagaftra.org/matthew-belloni|title=Matthew Belloni|publisher=SAG-AFTRA|access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

==Education== Belloni received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a juris doctor from the USC Gould School of Law, where he was a member of the ''USC Law Review''.<ref name="sag" />

==Career== Early in his career, Belloni was an attorney at an entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. He also wrote for magazines such as ''Esquire'' and ''Town & Country''.<ref name="natpe" />

He joined ''The Hollywood Reporter'' in 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-reporter-matthew-belloni-steps-down-editorial-independence/|title=Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407014500/https://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-reporter-matthew-belloni-steps-down-editorial-independence/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was editorial director for the magazine from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for all editorial content.<ref name="natpe" /> In April 2020, he left ''The Hollywood Reporter'' after a series of editorial disputes with the publication's management.<ref name = Lee/><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/business/media/hollywood-reporter-matthew-belloni.html|title = Hollywood Reporter Loses Top Editor Over Differences|last = Sperling|first = Nicole|newspaper = The New York Times|date = April 7, 2020|page = B3|access-date = March 16, 2023|url-access = limited|archive-date = March 16, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090422/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/business/media/hollywood-reporter-matthew-belloni.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

Belloni joined ''Puck'' in May 2021<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/matthew-belloni-former-hollywood-reporter-editor-digital-media-startup-jon-kelly-1234757958/|title=Former Hollywood Reporter Editor Matthew Belloni Joins New Digital Media Startup Co-Founded By Jon Kelly|publisher=Deadline|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090422/https://deadline.com/2021/05/matthew-belloni-former-hollywood-reporter-editor-digital-media-startup-jon-kelly-1234757958/|url-status=live}}</ref> as a founding partner<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnb.com/business-banking/media/conversations/conversations-matt-belloni.html|title=Matt Belloni: Taking Hollywood's Inside Track|publisher=City National Bank|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090423/https://www.cnb.com/business-banking/media/conversations/conversations-matt-belloni.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and writes a twice-weekly newsletter called ''What I'm Hearing'' about the entertainment industry.<ref name="sag" /> As an industry expert, Belloni appears regularly on shows such as ''NBC Nightly News'', ''CBS This Morning'', CNN, CNBC, and NPR's ''The Business''.<ref name="natpe" />

In March 2022, Belloni launched the Hollywood insider podcast ''The Town'' on ''The Ringer'' Podcast Network.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://podsauce.com/articles/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-offers-insight-into-the-best-of-hollywood/|title='The Town with Matthew Belloni' offers backstories on the best of Hollywood from Marvel to 'The Bachelor' to Netflix|publisher=Podsauce|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090424/https://podsauce.com/articles/the-town-with-matthew-belloni-offers-insight-into-the-best-of-hollywood/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-town-podcast-hollywood-streaming-crazy-year.html|title=The Town Was the Perfect Podcast for the Year Hollywood Went Crazy|publisher=Vulture|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090422/https://www.vulture.com/article/the-town-podcast-hollywood-streaming-crazy-year.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He appears as himself in episodes 1, 9 and 10 of the first season of ''The Studio'', an Apple TV+ comedy created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

==Awards== In 2020, Belloni and ''The Hollywood Reporter'' won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence, special interest publication, from the American Society of Magazine Editors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hollywood-reporter-wins-national-magazine-award-1282547/|title=Hollywood Reporter Wins National Magazine Award for 'General Excellence'|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 16, 2023|archive-date=March 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090425/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hollywood-reporter-wins-national-magazine-award-1282547/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Belloni married talent manager Kimberlin Dalehite on October 1, 2011, in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.<ref name=Marriage/>

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