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IT'S MY PROJECT! - New York Post
April 9, 2008 -- The Weinstein Co.'s decision to take "Project Runway" away from NBC Universal comes down to the same two factors that conspire to destroy every successful entertainment-industry relationship: money and ego. According to more than a half-dozen sources inside or close to both The Weinstein Co., which owns the show, and NBC, Harvey Weinstein felt that Bravo, which aired it, had ...
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Project Runway Pimped Out By Weinstein [Feuds]
Gawker — ... from Bravo to Lifetime because his company will now be making $1 million per episode rather than around $600,000 per episode, the ...

Project Runway Pimped Out By Weinstein [Feuds]
Gawker — ... from Bravo to Lifetime because his company will now be making $1 million per episode rather than around $600,000 per episode, the ...

Project Runway Now Costs 66 Percent More
Jossip — ... Under the original deal struck between The Weinstein Company and Bravo, Project Runway cost the NBC Universal channel $600,000 per episode. That was not enough for Harvey Weinstein, especially when Bravo started taking all the credit for the show’s success. So Harvey started going around NBC’s back to try and make the show more lucrative on his end, striking product placement deals without telling Bravo suits, even though they had already lined up major sponsorship deals with brands like L’Oreal and Tresemme. Bravo’s deal with Macy’s ...

More Fallout For Controversy Magnet Harvey Weinstein As 'Runway' Heads To Lifetime [Weinstein Woes]
Gawker: defamer — ... and his goons for breach-of-contract. And insiders at NBC aren't keeping mum about their feelings towards the money-hungry Weinstein: ...

$$$$ Talks!
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton — ... The Project Runway split from Bravo was ugly, and a new report reveals that it was money AND ego that caused the big shake up! ...

The More You Know: Big bucks no whammies edition
TiFaux — ... may be in the Office spinoff! Mike Myers will host the 2008 MTV Movie Awards So I guess Oprah is going to appear on 30 Rock? Also some spoilers for tonight’s episode Will Jericho ever die? Possible third season on cable, expect the 4th season at your local community theater. The Onion interviews John Krasinski Project Runwaygate: Day 3 Project Runway feud was a long time coming Lifetime is promising that Sophie and Dorothy will not be judges ...

Heidi's Project Runway Has a Hard Week of Making It Work
PopSugar — ... , who owns the show, for trying to move it. Now we've learned that the rift between Weinstein Co. and NBC has been a long brewing problem. Methinks this isn't the last we'll hear of this situation, I just hope that Heidi, her co-stars ... and ...

Lifetime won't change Project Runway's format, timeslot; will pay $1 million an episode
reality blurred — ... The New York Post also reported that "Bravo paid around $600,000 per episode for the next two seasons of 'Project Runway' but less than that during the first three," and "Weinstein ... considered the per episode price to be a low-ball figure." For the rights to air the show, "Lifetime is paying more than $1 million per episode, or at least $400,000 more than Bravo was paying," the paper said. ...

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