Matthew Belloni

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Matthew Belloni
Born1976or1977(age 47–48)
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  • Journalist
  • podcaster
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SpouseKimberlin Dalehite (m. 2011) [1]

Matthew Belloni (born 1976/1977) [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]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff, T. H. R. (October 11, 2011). "Hitched, Hatched, Hired". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Lee, Wendy (April 6, 2020). "Hollywood Reporter editor Matthew Belloni exits after disagreement with owners" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  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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