Insightful, forward looking news, features, and profiles in media and entertainment, culture, business, and the environment. Contributing editor for Current, Broadcasting & Cable and ItalyEurope24, with stories in The Wrap, The New York Times, Slate, Tablet, The Art Newspaper and Crain's. Former New York bureau chief of Variety and reporter for The Hollywood Reporter and Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal in New York and Milan. Write frequently about European and Italian companies and culture. Fluent in Italian. Created Parolaperparola for academic, corporate and literary Italian-to-English translation.