BTC was a player who worked at a BIG THEATER CHAIN (BTC) and had access to their internal box office predictions which he would post at HSX.
He got a new job and lost access to those numbers in July 2013 (link). That player went inactive a year ago (link)
NikkiFinke sold her site to some investors who she did not get along with. She quit/ they fired her (depends on who you ask). Finke attempted to start a new site but failed. She quit reporting on the industry and supposivly recieved an offer to move to Washington DC and report on politics (and I stopped paying attention but have not heard any recent news about her).