Matthew Belloni

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Matthew Belloni
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  • podcaster
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Matthew Belloni (born 1976/1977) [1] is an American entertainment journalist, podcaster, and former attorney. He is a founding partner of the digital media company Puck. [2] Before that, he was the editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter . [3]

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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. [3]

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 . [2]

He joined The Hollywood Reporter in 2006, [4] and was editorial director for the magazine from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for all editorial content. [2] In April 2020, he left The Hollywood Reporter after a series of editorial disputes with the publication's management. [1] [5]

Belloni joined Puck in May 2021 [6] as a founding partner [7] and writes a twice-weekly newsletter called What I'm Hearing about the entertainment industry. [3] As an industry expert, Belloni appears regularly on shows such as NBC Nightly News, CBS This Morning, CNN, CNBC, and NPR's The Business. [2]

In March 2022, Belloni launched the Hollywood insider podcast The Town on The Ringer Podcast Network. [8] [9]

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. [10]

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  3. 1 2 3 "Matthew Belloni". SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence". The Wrap. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ Sperling, Nicole (April 7, 2020). "Hollywood Reporter Loses Top Editor Over Differences" . The New York Times . p. B3. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Former Hollywood Reporter Editor Matthew Belloni Joins New Digital Media Startup Co-Founded By Jon Kelly". Deadline. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Matt Belloni: Taking Hollywood's Inside Track". City National Bank. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  8. ↑ "'The Town with Matthew Belloni' offers backstories on the best of Hollywood from Marvel to 'The Bachelor' to Netflix". Podsauce. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ "The Town Was the Perfect Podcast for the Year Hollywood Went Crazy". Vulture. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hollywood Reporter Wins National Magazine Award for 'General Excellence'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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