Mirror launches 3am.co.uk gossip site
The Daily Mirror today launched a new distinct gossip site, 3am.co.uk, which has been in development for the past six months. Entering a crowded space dominated by highly popular US sites like TMZ.com,...
View ArticleEndemol takes 50 per cent share in gossip site Holy Moly
Celebrity gossip website Holy Moly has agreed to sell a 50 per cent share to Endemol, the international television company responsible for shows such as Big Brother. Terms of the financial deal were...
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How Splash cashed in on the celebrity boom: No one exports dirt better than...
Few journalists if any have done as well out of the boom in celebrity-driven news as former redtop staffers Gary Morgan and Kevin Smith. The pair founded news agency Splash in the early 1990s and grew...
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Judge rejects reality TV star Chantelle Houghton’s bid to force Closer to...
Reality television star Chantelle Houghton (pictured, Reuters) has failed in a bid to force a magazine to reveal the source of a story it planned to publish. She wanted a judge to order Closer magazine...
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Showbiz news agency WENN buys Cover Media and launches brand-celeb ‘gifting’...
Showbiz news agency WENN has announced the acquisition of Cover Media and the launch of a new "gifting" business connecting brands with celebrities. Cover Media, a "content production company...
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Celebrity journalism thriving as ‘antidote’ to Covid-19 news, freelances say
Celebrity and entertainment journalism has stayed strong throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as editors wanted an “antidote” to the “relentlessly negative” news cycle. Despite disruption to gigs, film and...
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Love Island media coverage: Sun and Mail publish 100+ articles in a day about...
High-profile drama and intrigue dominated UK media coverage this week: not the confidence vote for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but the launch of the eighth season of Love Island. At least for some of...
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Shutterstock acquires celebrity photo agency Backgrid
News, entertainment and stock footage library Shutterstock has acquired celebrity photography agency Backgrid for an undisclosed sum. The deal will make Backgrid’s catalogue of more than 30 million...
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Ex-Messenger editor Dan Wakeford gets top Us Weekly job
Dan Wakeford, the former People editor who spent much of 2023 as editor-in-chief of ill-fated news outlet The Messenger, has landed the same role at entertainment magazine Us Weekly. A360media, which...
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Us Weekly editor on future of celebrity journalism: Kate Middleton...
The editor of Us Weekly has described the speculation around the “disappearance” of Catherine, Princess of Wales from the public eye this year as a “seminal moment for celebrity and entertainment...
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