IndieWire taps Maglio as executive editor, business
Entertainment industry website IndieWire has hired Tony Maglio as executive editor for business coverage. He will be based in New York. In his new role, Maglio will oversee the site’s television and film industry coverage. He will also offer his own insight and analysis. Maglio joins from The Wrap, where he recently served as TV […]
The Wrap News Inc. is looking for writers
The Wrap News Inc. is looking for writers who might be interested in writing features about movies and/or TV for TheWrap. No deadline. Hoping to open a dialogue for more pitches down the line. Right now have a few assignments related to The Walking Dead and Big Sky, if anyone is familiar with either of […]
Axios hires Baysinger to cover media deals
Axios has hired Tim Baysinger from The Wrap to cover media deals and help write a daily newsletter. He will start next week. Baysinger has been at The Wrap since April 2018 as a senior television reporter. He previously worked at Reuters and at Adweek, where he covered digital media. He also spent more than four years […]
Hollywood Reporter taps two staffers for awards coverage
The Hollywood Reporter has appointed Tyler Coates and Beatrice Verhoeven to lead the publication’s awards coverage. A story on its website states, “Tyler Coates is THR’s new awards editor, while Verhoven is its deputy awards editor, reporting to deputy editorial director Jeanie Pyun under editorial director Nekesa Moody. Both Coates and Verhoeven are based in Los Angeles and will generate […]
The Wrap founder and EIC Waxman accused of demeaning staffers
Justin Baragona and Diana Falzone of The Daily Beast write about the workplace culture at entertainment industry publication The Wrap, where founder and editor in chief Sharon Waxman is accused of demeaning behavior. Baragona and Falzone write, “The ex-staffer, who said he quit on the spot after that ‘last straw,’ is one of 20 current and former TheWrap staffers who spoke […]
The Wrap hires chief product officer
Entertainment industry news site The Wrap has hired a chief product officer to grow its revenue, reports Keith Kelly of The New York Post. Kelly writes, “Dan Strauss, based in Los Angeles, had been the senior vice president and general manager of entertainment and lifestyle at the Los Angeles Times starting in November 2017, but stayed with […]
Hollywood Reporter hires Chan as digital media writer
The Hollywood Reporter has hired J. Clara Chan as a digital media writer. She will cover how technology is transforming Hollywood, including at the major streaming companies, and through the creator economy. Chan has been a media and politics reporter for The Wrap, reporting on the lack of accountability in Hollywood’s hiring practices, covered Harvey […]
The Wrap seeks a reporter to cover the business of media and technology
Leading Hollywood industry news website TheWrap is seeking an experienced business reporter to cover the business of media and technology – particularly how new technologies are revolutionizing the traditional entertainment/media space. Are you passionate about the biz side that shapes what we consume on our screens? Know your way around a balance sheet and company […]
Publications shine at the National Art and Entertainment Journalism awards
The Hollywood Reporter was nominated for best entertainment publication and best website for the 13th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism awards. Additionally, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is up for best columnist, Scott Feinberg was nominated for online journalist of the year, and Sheri Linden and Inkoo Kang were nominated for best critic in the film and […]
The Wrap reporter Sippell departs
Margeaux Sippell, a reporter at entertainment industry publication The Wrap, is leaving the publication. She has been at the publication for the past two years. “I learned so much here and made so many lasting friendships, for which I will always be grateful,” she wrote on Twitter. Sippell interned at Variety and on the business […]
