Shafer moves to Variety’s international team as online news editor
Ellise Shafer has joined Variety’s international team as an online news editor. She joined Variety in March 2020 as an editorial intern and then served as an associate news editor. Shafer interned at Billboard, where she wrote over 150 articles ranging from trend pieces and celebrity interviews to event coverage of conferences, film screenings and […]
Variety hires Tinubu to cover television
Aramide A. Tinubu is Variety’s new TV critic, joining fellow critic Alison Herman, who started at the publication in April. A story on Variety’s website states, “In her role, Tinubu, who is based in New York City, will write reviews, commentary and cover stories, and will be a key voice in television coverage across all of Variety’s […]
Variety promotes Aswad to executive editor
Variety has promoted Jem Aswad to lead all music content across digital, print and live media platforms as executive editor, music. William Earl of Variety writes, “Aswad will oversee all aspects of Variety‘s music-related editorial operations and staff. He will also continue to serve as Variety‘s leading voice on the business of music, penning cover stories, deep-dive features, investigative stories, personality […]
Variety’s Halperin leaves to become EIC of Los Angeles Magazine
Variety executive editor Shirley Halperin has left the entertainment industry publication to become editor in chief of Los Angeles Magazine. Chris Gardner of The Hollywood Reporter writes, “She’s replacing Maer Roshan who was ousted a month ago by bosses at parent company Engine Vision Media in what has been viewed as a shift in direction for the publication under […]
Herman joins Variety as a TV critic
Variety has tapped Alison Herman to serve as a TV critic. She joined on April 4. Commenting on her new role, Herman said: “I couldn’t be more excited to cover television at the leading voice in entertainment coverage. Readers trust Variety to help them sort through the noise, and I hope my criticism can be a part […]
Veteran Variety journalist Dore announces retirement
Shalini Dore, a news features editor at Variety overseeing production in the features department, is retiring. She joined Variety in 1998. As a news features editor, Dore oversaw production in the features department. She also served as an internship coordinator for Variety’s editorial needs. Before joining Variety, she worked at various daily newspapers, including the […]
Variety records record website traffic in 2022
Variety.com, the online home of entertainment business magazine Variety, scored record-breaking traffic in 2022. An average of 28.5 million unique users visited the site each month in 2022, and Variety reached a bigger digital audience than consumer news publications such as Vanity Fair and Entertainment Weekly, as measured by unique visitors, according to ComScore. Variety’s […]
LA Times hires Khatchatourian as deputy editor, entertainment and arts
Maane Khatchatourian has joined the Los Angeles Times as deputy editor for entertainment and arts. Recently, she interned at Variety and then served as a senior news editor and news editor. Khatchatourian also interned at Entertainment Weekly. Khatchatourian has a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and a M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. […]
Variety taps Siegel to serve as executive editor, film and media
Variety has hired Tatiana Siegel as an executive editor for film and media. Siegel “will help guide Variety’s coverage of the film and media business, as well as write covers, features, analysis pieces and investigative stories.” Siegel begins on Jan. 1. Recently, she served as a senior writer at Rolling Stone and as editor at […]
Barker leaving Variety after 14 years
Andrew Barker, a senior features writer at Variety, will leave after 14 years with the publication. Barker tweets: “Got a bit of the old personal/professional news: today will be my last day at Variety. Sincere thanks to everyone who put up with my bullshit for the last 14 years.” Barker also edited Variety’s Focus features […]
