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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| Born | 1976 or 1977 (age 47–48) |
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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]