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Complete Awards Season Coverage

Variety

'Iron Cross' Takes Campaign to L.A. Times (updated) (5)

-- Full-page ad promoting unreleased film follows lawsuit against Variety claiming fraud

Facebook Group: We'll Pay to Read Todd McCarthy

-- Ousted Variety critic draws fan support, lands a gig with New York Film Festival selection committee

Variety Sued Over 'Iron Cross'; Campaign 'Ruined by Bad Review' (3)

-- The lawsuit accuses the trade of luring in the indie film with one hand, bashing it with the other

McCarthy Fired After 31 Years at Variety: 'It's the End of Something' (7)

-- Despite reviewers' tightening belts, chief film critic is told the trade is "restructuring"

Update: 'Iron Cross' Producer Wants to Sue Variety (oy!) (3)

-- Producer says "there are valid issues" since the trade ran a negative review despite big ad buy

Variety No Longer on the Market

-- Parent had quietly shopped venerable trade magazine; will now hold onto title, two others

Screen Daily to Go Behind Pay Wall (1)

-- U.K.-based trade follows Variety

Variety Anguish: A 'Cri de Coeur' From an Insider (5)

-- Jason writes a diatribe: "Variety is at a critical point and no one seems to have a plan of action"

Where the Trade Papers Went Wrong (3)

-- They still operate as though the business is still essentially L.A.'s West Side -- not the breadth and depth of the world community

Exclusive: Variety Up for Sale (15)

-- Said to be off-limits, Variety has been quietly made available as its parent company struggles with debt