[HN Gopher] The last days of Nikki Finke
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       The last days of Nikki Finke
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-01-22 17:24 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | csilverman wrote:
       | https://archive.is/mC7Jj
        
       | mturmon wrote:
       | This article very much has rose-colored glasses, a gauzy overlay,
       | and is quite light on actual facts about her reporting.
       | 
       | For another viewpoint, see Richard Rushfield's summary:
       | 
       | https://theankler.com/p/rushfield-nikki-finke-rip
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       | In his telling, she found a way to use the attention economy
       | against a tired set of trade publications, and built a brand on
       | top of that:
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       | > So in theory she was taking on some powerful people, but it was
       | always with the protection and support of even more powerful
       | people.
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       | Unlike OP, his article actually has insight into how this works.
        
       | CommieBobDole wrote:
       | If there's a single type of article that is the bread and butter
       | of the New York Times, it's "Awful person who made the world a
       | worse place every moment that they continued to draw breath was
       | actually a real human being and sort of nuanced, maybe, I guess."
        
         | mdanger007 wrote:
         | "He was a piece of garbage, take him for all in all."
        
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         | jbirer wrote:
         | It almost feels like they're trying to justify their own
         | personality traits and behavior, through that person.
        
       | throwaway81523 wrote:
       | "Was Nikki Finke a genius or a monster? Friends and colleagues
       | try to make sense of the entertainment industry's brashest
       | chronicler."
       | 
       | She died in October 2022. I had never heard of her. Article is
       | basically an obit. It looks interesting.
        
         | boomboomsubban wrote:
         | I've also never heard of her. After reading her Wikipedia
         | article and two news stories, she seems to have given Hollywood
         | execs the gossip rag quality berating stars typically get.
         | Which would explain why she was hated.
        
       | base3 wrote:
       | She lived near me. Now I regret never knocking on her door. This
       | tenderly brutal remembrance reminds me that "obituary" comes from
       | Latin "obiit", which means "s/he went away". Goodbye, Nikkie, we
       | could have been frenemies.
        
       | reiichiroh wrote:
       | I thought this was going to be about Armond White.
        
         | msla wrote:
         | Armond White isn't a reporter, he's a paid troll who boosts
         | circulation by always saying the opposite of what everyone else
         | says.
         | 
         | That said, yes, I thought this would be about Walter Winchell
         | or Hedda Hopper.
        
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