Matthew Belloni

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Matthew Belloni
Born1974or1975(age 50–51)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • podcaster
Employers
Spouse
Kimberlin Dalehite
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(m. 2011)​
[1]

Matthew Belloni (born 1975) [2] is an American entertainment journalist, podcaster, and former attorney. He is a founding partner of the digital media company Puck. [3] Before that, he was the editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter . [4]

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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. [4]

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 . [3]

He joined The Hollywood Reporter in 2006, [5] and was editorial director for the magazine from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for all editorial content. [3] In April 2020, he left The Hollywood Reporter after a series of editorial disputes with the publication's management. [2] [6]

Belloni joined Puck in May 2021 [7] as a founding partner [8] and writes a twice-weekly newsletter called What I'm Hearing about the entertainment industry. [4] As an industry expert, Belloni appears regularly on shows such as NBC Nightly News , CBS This Morning , CNN, CNBC, and NPR's The Business. [3]

In March 2022, Belloni launched the Hollywood insider podcast The Town on The Ringer Podcast Network. [9] [10]

He appears as himself in episodes 1, 9 and 10 of the first season of The Studio, an Apple TV+ comedy created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

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. [11]

Personal life

Belloni married talent manager Kimberlin Dalehite on October 1, 2011, in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 T. H. R. Staff (October 11, 2011). "Hitched, Hatched, Hired". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Aleksander, Irina (November 16, 2025). "Matthew Belloni Is Yelling 'Iceberg!' on the Hollywood Titanic" . New York Times . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Matthew Belloni". NATPE. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Matthew Belloni". SAG-AFTRA. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence". The Wrap. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  6. ↑ Sperling, Nicole (April 7, 2020). "Hollywood Reporter Loses Top Editor Over Differences" . The New York Times . p. B3. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Former Hollywood Reporter Editor Matthew Belloni Joins New Digital Media Startup Co-Founded By Jon Kelly". Deadline. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Matt Belloni: Taking Hollywood's Inside Track". City National Bank. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ "'The Town with Matthew Belloni' offers backstories on the best of Hollywood from Marvel to 'The Bachelor' to Netflix". Podsauce. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Town Was the Perfect Podcast for the Year Hollywood Went Crazy". Vulture. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hollywood Reporter Wins National Magazine Award for 'General Excellence'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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