Variety hires Lowry, ex-BW staffer, as senior editor

Tom Lowry, a former BusinessWeek staffer, has been hired by Variety as its senior editor. He will be based in New York.

A story on Variety’s site states, “Lowry most recently was senior writer and media editor at BusinessWeek. In his decade-plus tenure there, he was responsible for its media and entertainment coverage, including cover stories on James Cameron, ESPN, Comcast, the NFL, digital piracy in Hollywood, and Rupert Murdoch. He also did stints at the New York Daily News and USA Today, among others.

“He begins June 28, reporting to group editor Tim Gray.

“‘Tom is a great reporter and a terrific guy who’s well respected in the industry,’ said Gray. “We aggressively pursued him and feel lucky to have him. It’s great to have another voice in the paper and the website as we continue to strengthen the global reach that no other showbiz-news outlet can match.’

“An alum of the U. of Delaware, Lowry was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in business and economics journalism at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

“Lowry is the latest person to join the Variety masthead. Chris Krewson began as editor of Variety.com in March, two months after Leo Wolinsky took the job as editor of Daily Variety. The moves are part of an ongoing reorg as Variety and variety.com build on their coverage.”

Read more here. Variety is known in business journalism for its October 1929 stock market crash headline, “Wall St. Lays an Egg.”