Politico hires Miller from LA Times to cover Hollywood
Politico senior news editor for California David Siders, and California editorial director Christopher Cadelago sent out the following on Thursday: We have big news in Hollywood: Daniel Miller is joining POLITICO as our first reporter dedicated to covering the intersection of Hollywood, technology, sports, media and politics in California. Daniel is uniquely suited for this role. He […]
Big editorial changes at Billboard
Billboard announced Tuesday the promotions of four team members: Lyndsey Havens has been named executive editor; Dan Rys is executive editor, business; Shira Brown is SVP Video; and Mary Rooney is SVP, Experiences. A story on its website states, “Also on Tuesday, Leila Cobo and Jason Lipshutz were promoted to co-chief content officers of Billboard, while editorial director […]
Variety executive editor Siegel departs
Tatiana Siegel, executive editor of entertainment industry publication Variety, is leaving to join the California Post, Sharon Waxman and Benjamin Lindsay of The Wrap report. Siegel has been an executive editor for film and media. Previously, she served as a senior writer at Rolling Stone and as editor at large at The Ankler, a newsletter […]
Ankler hires The Wrap’s Laski
Entertainment industry site Ankler Media has hired Jennifer Laski from The Wrap to be executive producer of brand experiences. She is based out of the Ankler’s Los Angeles office and reports into London Sanders, head of sales for Ankler Media. In this newly created role, Laski is responsible for overseeing strategy and execution of Ankler Media’s growing […]
LA Times seeks a senior editor for business
The Los Angeles Times is looking for a senior editor to help shape its ambitious and authoritative coverage of L.A.’s most important industry: entertainment. This editor will be responsible for collaborating with our award-winning Hollywood Inc. team of reporters and editors to develop and execute smart, sharply framed stories — breaking news, scoops, profiles, trend […]
Faughnder departing LA Times for new journalism job
Ryan Faughnder, senior editor for Hollywood industry coverage at the Los Angeles Times, is leaving the paper for another job in journalism. He also wrote the weekly entertainment business newsletter “The Wide Shot,” which has nearly 50,000 subscribers. Faughnder was previously a film business reporter for Company Town, writing about all major Hollywood studios, including […]
NBC News hires Keegan from Hollywood Reporter
Tom Namako, NBC News digital senior executive editor, sent out the following announcement: We are pleased to welcome award-winning journalist Rebecca Keegan to NBC News as a Senior Hollywood Reporter for digital, based in Los Angeles. Beginning today, Rebecca joins us from The Hollywood Reporter, where she broke news on major moments in entertainment, such as the #MeToo […]
Business Insider reporter Jacobs departs
Business Insider entertainment industry reporter Eammon Jacobs has left the news organization. He was based in Business Insider’s London bureau. He covered movies and TV shows, with a specific focus on genres like horror, science fiction, action, thrillers, comic book adaptations, and true crime. Jacobs previously worked at The Digital Fix and Looper. He is a 2017 […]
The Wrap launches column tracking VC investment
Entertainment and media industry website The Wrap has “The Funding File,” a monthly column tracking venture capital investing in media, entertainment and tech, in partnership with PitchBook. The column will track the startups and young companies across entertainment, media, publishing, entertainment software and information services that are raising venture capital. The data are critical because […]
The Ankler hires Butler as chief of staff
Entertainment industry site The Ankler has hired Kelly Fisher Butler as chief of staff. She will start July 21. Butler was at Vanity Fair, where she most recently served as director of editorial operations, leading teams across digital, print, and social, and overseeing coverage plans around tentpole moments including Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood Issue and Oscar […]
