Nikki Finke, Veteran Entertainment Journalist and Deadline Founder, Dies at 68

Nikki Finke, Veteran Entertainment Journalist and Deadline Founder, Dies at 68

Nikki Finke, the polarizing entertainment journalist who founded the website Deadline and wielded immense power by focusing an acerbic and unrelenting lens on Hollywood, has died. She was 68. Finke died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, Florida, following a “prolonged illness,” a family spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. At L.A. Weekly, Finke headed its Deadline Hollywood … Read more

Nikki Finke Dies: Deadline Founder & Longtime Entertainment Journalist Was 68

Nikki Finke Dies: Deadline Founder & Longtime Entertainment Journalist Was 68

Nikki Finke, the veteran entertainment journalist who founded Deadline in 2006 and helped grow it into a major player among Hollywood trades, died Sunday morning in Boca Raton, FL after a prolonged illness. She was 68. The famously reclusive Finke founded her site as Deadline Hollywood Daily, the 24/7 Internet version of her long-running print … Read more