Tomorrow in "Deadline": "Penske appoints Kitty Sanchez as new Deadline editor".
Sorry, I've been watching a LOT of "Arrested Development" lately, so my brain went straight to the concept of "Deadlining". On Monday, June 3, 2013 10:38:36 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Bob in Jersey <bob.in...@juno.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> She'd been sending emails to her superior, Jay Penske, saying "I'm going >> to f**k you," an anonymous exec told TheWrap's Sharon >> Waxman<http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/shocker-jay-penske-fires-nikki-finke-deadline-hollywood-94906>... >> >> Penske denied allegations, wouldn't comment on any departure... her staff >> is baffled... Penske threatens to sue TheWrap... -- B. > > > Just to be clear, I think the allegation here is that Finke has been > sending poison emails like "I'm going to f*uck you" (which itself is an > interesting construction - is she literally threatening to have sexual > intercourse with these guys?) not to Penske himself, but to other > industry-types she blames for giving "scoops" to her competitors. These > emails then got forwarded to Penske (see: "he was firing Finke, complaining > she had crossed the line one too many times in sending poison-pen emails > berating sources over scoops she lost to competitors"). > > Best quote so far in this story: "Nobody fires Nikki Finke." (from > Deadline writer Mike Fleming). > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
