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Variety expanding into China with new hire

Rebecca Davis

Variety is expanding its international coverage into China, hiring Agence France-Presse reporter Rebecca Davis as its new China bureau chief, reports Sara Guaglione of Publishers Daily.

Guaglione writes, “China is the world’s second-largest movie market. Its TV industry has developed extensive ties with Hollywood in recent years.

“Davis is based in Beijing and is a fluent Mandarin speaker. She has also worked in the Beijing offices of The New York Times and Le Monde.

“‘Variety’s new China bureau is a testament to how important understanding this country and its market has become for the entertainment industry at large,’ Davis stated.

“She joins Variety’s growing team of international writers.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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