Matthew Belloni (born 1976/1977) is an American entertainment journalist, podcaster, and former attorney. He is a founding partner of the digital media company Puck. Before that, he was the editorial director of ''

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''.

Education

Belloni received a bachelor's degree in political science from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, and earned a

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from the

USC Gould School of Law The USC Gould School of Law, located in Los Angeles, California, is the law school of the University of Southern California. The oldest law school in the Southwestern United States, USC Law traces its beginnings to 1896 and became affiliated with ...

, where he was a member of the USC Law Review.

Career

Early in his career, Belloni was an attorney at an entertainment law firm in Los Angeles. He also wrote for magazines such as ''

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'' and '' Town & Country''. He joined ''

'' in 2006, and was editorial director for the magazine from 2016 to 2020, where he was responsible for all editorial content. In April 2020, he left ''The Hollywood Reporter'' after a series of editorial disputes with the publication's management. Belloni joined '' Puck'' in May 2021 as a founding partner and writes a twice-weekly newsletter called ''What I'm Hearing'' about the entertainment industry. As an industry expert, Belloni appears regularly on shows such as '' NBC Nightly News'', ''

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'', CNN, CNBC, and NPR's ''The Business''. In March 2022, Belloni launched the Hollywood insider podcast ''The Town'' on '' The Ringer'' Podcast Network.

Awards

In 2020, Belloni and ''The Hollywood Reporter'' won the National Magazine Award for general excellence, special interest publication, from the

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Personal life

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

References

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