Hollywood.com is an entertainment news website covering popular culture topics including movies, television, music and celebrities. Hollywood.com is principally owned by Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie S. Silvers, who previously founded Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy).
Hollywood.com was launched in the 1990s and was bought and operated by Times Mirror Company in 1996.[1] Times Mirror used the site as the entertainment section of its Los Angeles Times website and newspaper. An affiliate of Rubenstein and Silvers purchased the website in May 1999. In partnership with the National Association of Theatre Owners and most movie theater chains, Hollywood.com became the first website to display online listings for movie showtimes nationally.[2]
Today, Hollywood.com features content including movie trailers, interviews, red carpet photo galleries and entertainment news stories.
In 2000, 35 of the 50 employees at the site's Santa Monica office were laid off in an effort to strategically consolidate and focus operations on the company's headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida.[3] Laurie S. Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein, the majority shareholders of parent company Project Hollywood, purchased Baseline StudioSystems, an online database and research service on the film and television industries, from The New York Times Company in 2011.[4] In 2014, they sold Baseline to Gracenote, a subsidiary of Tribune Media.[5]
References
^Zeimba, Stanley (January 24, 1996). "Times Mirror Buys Hollywood Online". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^"About us". Hollywood.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
^Armstrong, Mark (September 25, 2000). "Hollywood.com Pulls Switcheroo". E! Online. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
^"NY Times Sells TV/Movie Database Baseline". Deadline Hollywood. October 7, 2011.
^Spangler, Todd (September 3, 2014). "Tribune Media's Gracenote Acquires Baseline for $50 Million Cash". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
External links
Official website
. (Archived historical profile, January 29, 2007) : Hollywood Media Corp. / Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2007.
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hollywood, entertainment, news, website, covering, popular, culture, topics, including, movies, television, music, celebrities, principally, owned, mitchell, rubenstein, laurie, silvers, previously, founded, channel, syfy, type, siteentertainmentavailable, ine. Hollywood com is an entertainment news website covering popular culture topics including movies television music and celebrities Hollywood com is principally owned by Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie S Silvers who previously founded Sci Fi Channel now SyFy Hollywood comType of siteEntertainmentAvailable inEnglishFoundedSeptember 30 1995 27 years ago 1995 09 30 HeadquartersBoca Raton Florida United StatesOwnerHollywood com LLCURLhollywood wbr comHistory EditHollywood com was launched in the 1990s and was bought and operated by Times Mirror Company in 1996 1 Times Mirror used the site as the entertainment section of its Los Angeles Times website and newspaper An affiliate of Rubenstein and Silvers purchased the website in May 1999 In partnership with the National Association of Theatre Owners and most movie theater chains Hollywood com became the first website to display online listings for movie showtimes nationally 2 Today Hollywood com features content including movie trailers interviews red carpet photo galleries and entertainment news stories Rubenstein and Silvers also founded Movietickets com which was sold to Fandango Media LLC in 2017 In 2000 35 of the 50 employees at the site s Santa Monica office were laid off in an effort to strategically consolidate and focus operations on the company s headquarters in Boca Raton Florida 3 Laurie S Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein the majority shareholders of parent company Project Hollywood purchased Baseline StudioSystems an online database and research service on the film and television industries from The New York Times Company in 2011 4 In 2014 they sold Baseline to Gracenote a subsidiary of Tribune Media 5 References Edit Zeimba Stanley January 24 1996 Times Mirror Buys Hollywood Online Chicago Tribune Retrieved October 15 2019 About us Hollywood com Retrieved October 15 2019 Armstrong Mark September 25 2000 Hollywood com Pulls Switcheroo E Online Retrieved July 16 2012 NY Times Sells TV Movie Database Baseline Deadline Hollywood October 7 2011 Spangler Todd September 3 2014 Tribune Media s Gracenote Acquires Baseline for 50 Million Cash Variety Retrieved February 8 2016 External links EditOfficial website Corporate Profile Archived historical profile January 29 2007 Hollywood Media Corp Hollywood com Archived from the original on January 29 2007 This article about a news website is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hollywood com amp oldid 1089447470, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
