Nikki Finke was a long time columnist reporting on all aspects of the showbiz industry. She is most known for founding the website Deadline.com, which is considered a leading source of breaking tv and movie news.
Finke died in Boca Raton, Florida, on Sunday morning after an unidentified prolonged illness, Deadline reported, citing a family representative. She was 68.
She created the deadline column for LA Weekly reporting on trade news and gossip, before creating her own site and eventually selling the site and retiring.