Variety

What’s Variety Worth and Who Will Buy It?

March 23, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 9 weeks ago

My insiders say the trade makes about $45 million a year and is profitable. Who still likes content?

  

Variety for Sale as Hollywood Trade Struggles in Digital Era (Updated)

March 23, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 9 weeks ago

The 100-plus-year-old trade is up for sale, says Reed Business Information

  

Struggling on Digital Revenue, L.A. Times Overhauls Team (Updated)

November 23, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 26 weeks ago

HBO's Andrea Nunn comes aboard as vice president, media and business development, along with several other new hires

  

Nikki Finke to THR: 'Get the F--- Out of My Face'

September 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 37 weeks ago

After a letter from THR's law firm hinting at a possible lawsuit, Finke responded with one of her most acerbic posts to-date

  

The Daily Taps Variety's Tom Lowry as Business Editor

June 17, 2011 By Brent Lang 49 weeks ago

The former BusinessWeek editor was tapped by the Hollywood trade a year ago to ramp up its New York presence

  

Variety's Copyright Case Against Punk Band Moved to L.A.

April 18, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

The Vandals and bassist Joe Escalante claims first round victory over decision

  

Variety Peeks Out From Behind the Paywall – News Blog to Debut

February 26, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Exclusive: The trade, behind a paywall for more than a year, decides it wants people to know when it breaks stories

  

Update: Variety Threatens FilmNewsBrief.com Over Copyright

February 15, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Hollywood trade flexes legal muscle against ex-Weinstein newsletter and film industry aggregator; web host pulls site offline temporarily

  

Variety's Schneider Joins TV Guide as L.A. Bureau Chief

January 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

TV editor becomes the latest to leave the paywalled trade

  

Who Left Variety, and Where They Went

December 12, 2010 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Variety has hemmoraghed so much editorial talent over the past year that it's hard to keep track. Here's a tally

  

Variety Bleeds Talent, While Newsroom Morale Suffers

December 12, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Beset by aggressive competitors and shackled by a paywall, Variety has become a shadow of its former dominant self

  

Double Whammy at Variety: McClintock Jumps to THR

December 10, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Exclusive: More defections at the trade, a day after Dana Harris leaves for indieWIRE

  

Variety Loses Another As Dana Harris Named IndieWIRE Editor-in-Chief

December 9, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Veteran trade reporter will be based in Los Angeles and will begin her new job in January

  

Deck Chairs Shuffled: Variety's Littleton, Cochrane to Head Print and Digital News

November 2, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Staff re-org announcement comes one day after the ouster of print editor Leo Wolinksy

  

Leo Wolinsky Out as Editor of Daily Variety

November 1, 2010 By Josh Dickey 1 year ago

Former Los Angeles Times managing editor is forced out after less than a year on the job

  

Redesigned THR Site Hints at Pay Wall

October 18, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Ad says subscribers will get "unrestricted access to exclusive, password protected content"

  

Former Variety Party Animal Higgins Heads to the Reporter

September 23, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Longtime party and philanthropy reporter switches sides to Janice Min's Hollywood trade pub

  

'Iron Cross' Director Honored by Boston Film Festival

September 19, 2010 By Josh Dickey 1 year ago

Joshua Newton lost his legal battle with Variety, but picks up the Boston Film Festival's Visionary Filmmaker Award

  

Variety Editor's New Film a 'Masterpiece' ... Says Variety

September 9, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

The buoyant review of "Road to Nowhere," a movie written by the trade's No. 2 editor, is one more example of the pub giving accolades to top-level staff

  

Variety Names Tom Lowry as Senior Editor in New York

June 2, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 1 year ago

Lowry most recently worked at Businessweek

  

Judge Tosses Out 'Iron Cross'/Variety Suit

May 17, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Indie filmmaker also ordered to pay trade's legal cost

  

Variety Names Young Writers as Senior Film Critics

May 6, 2010 By Josh Dickey 2 years ago

Justin Chang and Peter Debruge will review films and coordinate/edit others

  

Variety 2.0: Save the Good Stuff For Print

May 5, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

in the age of online, the trade is definitely betting on print

  

Todd McCarthy Goes Digital, Joins IndieWire Network

April 29, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Longtime Variety critic, dumped abruptly in March, launches blog with IndieWire

  

Beckman: THR Needs to Become a 'Business-to-Influencer' Title

April 27, 2010 By Daily Front Row 2 years ago

"If I’m setting the bar at where Variety is ... I’m setting the bar too low"

  

Behind the Variety Pay Wall: Page Views Down 40%

April 26, 2010 By MediaPost 2 years ago

Unique users down only 18% from when the trade's site went subscriber-only in December

  
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