Oliver Darcy‘s Status, which covers the media industry, has made two major hires on Monday.
Alex Weprin of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “Brian Lowry, who had been media editor at The Wrap and before that spent years working at CNN (where he previously worked with Darcy) and Variety, will join Status as Hollywood correspondent and editor, while Natalie Korach, most recently a reporter at Vanity Fair, will join Status as media correspondent. The pair join editor Jon Passantino, who joined the company earlier this year.
“‘Brian is one of the most respected voices in all Hollywood,’ Darcy tells The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. ‘These past couple of weeks are the perfect example of how Hollywood is a critical part of this broader story in America that we are telling every night in Status. As we were thinking about where to expand, these entertainment conglomerates that are based in Hollywood, they own many of the newsrooms, and they’re responsible for late night shows like Colbert and Kimmel, and that immediate consolidation picks up, we definitely want someone covering that story in Hollywood.’
“‘Natalie is someone who has established herself early on as a fantastic reporter who’s able to scoop and reveal what’s going on behind the scenes, which is exactly what we want to do here,’ Darcy adds. ‘She’s also someone who, at Vanity Fair, has been writing feature profiles and going really deep in coverage. So I’m looking forward to not only seeing her current events work, but also to seeing her do some longer stuff for Status and help us dig a little deeper into different stories.'”
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