Entertainment industry news organization Ankler Media has hired Ethan Smith as news and features editor.
He joins after more than two decades at The Wall Street Journal, where he most recently edited the paper’s weekend business section, Exchange, and previously served as Los Angeles bureau chief. He has also worked at The Industry Standard and New York Magazine.
Ethan will help shape The Ankler’s editorial pipeline: conceiving and editing enterprise stories and shaping coverage across personalities, deals, studios and streamers, and the new power and money transforming Hollywood and the business of entertainment. He’ll also contribute to Ankler Media’s broader editorial work, including live events, video and podcasts.
He will report to Ankler editor in chief Janice Min.
“Ethan is exactly the kind of editor we want helping shape Ankler Media’s next chapter: deeply experienced, journalistically rigorous and fluent in the power that drives Hollywood and media,” said Min. “As we continue building beyond our newsletter roots into a broader independent platform, Ethan will help us deliver the urgent, ambitious business journalism our subscribers rely on.”
