Thanks to a (front page?) article on Nikki Finke and Deadline Hollywood Daily in today’s New York Times, the much-derided, much-feared entertainment journalist is getting quite a lot of exposure, just in time for her transition to her new home at Mail.com Media. Also courtesy of the profile, written by David “Carpetbagger” Carr, we now learn that Finke’s deal with Mail.com is closer to $5-10 million rather than the $14-15 million being reported last month.

As if that wasn’t enough excitement for female film journalists today, we also found out that Anne Thompson, formerly of Variety, will now park her Thompson on Hollywood blog at indieWIRE (an official announcement is forthcoming). Meanwhile, though less film-related than the other two women, gossip magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is set to head Mail.com’s Hollywood Life. I don’t think we’ve seen this much girl power in one industry since the Spice Girls took the music world by storm.

Anyway, all I can say is that I wish them all luck and look forward to continuing to read their stuff (okay, this statement only includes Finke and Thompson) at their new homes. Now, let’s see what the rest of the film blogosphere has to say about the ladies after the jump:
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