Variety

Variety

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Variety is a privately owned company headquartered in the US, founded in 1905, with approximately 660 employees, and functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer. The company specializes in entertainment, offering news and analysis within the industry.

Revenue

Founded

1905

Headcount

748

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Entertainment

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Variety recently reported that Netflix executives considered pulling the "Michael Jackson: The Verdict" docuseries just a week before its release, according to a July 24 exclusive that generated discussion among fans. Previously, on June 15, Variety and Out documented Laverne Cox’s claim that her income decreased by 90% over two years, attributing the decline to policies under Donald Trump’s administration that impacted trans rights and DEI initiatives, affecting her bookings and brand deals. Earlier in June, Tracy Morgan, 57, used a Variety interview to discuss the importance of colon cancer screening for older adults. This follows Variety's May 27 announcement of hiring Corbin Bolies as a media reporter to cover the growing intersection of artificial intelligence and the entertainment business, a strategic beat across Hollywood. Bolies previously covered the media industry for The Wrap, focusing on consolidation, shifting streaming economics, and AI integration in entertainment.

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Jul

31st

2026

11:05

Management Changes, B2B Tag, Management Changes

Brent Lang Named Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire

Variety‘s Brent Lang has been named the new editor-in-chief of IndieWire, effective August 17. Based in New York City, Lang will report to Jerry Ruiz, senior vice president, operations & finance, PMC. A widely respected journalist and editor, Lang brings a distinctive combination of editorial leadership, industry expertise, and a deep commitment to ambitious, high-quality storytelling to IndieWire.

Jul

24th

2026

23:05

Variety Says Panic, Netflix Says “Nothing to See Here”

A new Variety exclusive has once again sent the Michael Jackson fan community into a frenzy, claiming that Netflix executives seriously considered pulling the controversial docuseries Michael Jackson: The Verdict just one week before its release.

Jun

15th

2026

10:56

Laverne Cox Has Lost 90% of Her Income and Blames Trump’s ‘Regime’

Over the past two years, Laverne Cox’s income dropped by a staggering 90%—and she squarely blames policies under Donald Trump’s administration for this sharp decline. Variety and Out have documented how Cox’s bookings, contracts, and brand deals dried up as new rules targeted trans rights and DEI initiatives.

The Digital Weekly

Jun

15th

2026

01:00

On the variety generated by all semirings of order two

Abstract There are ten distinct two-element semirings up to isomorphism, denoted \( L_2, R_2, M_2, D_2, N_2, T_2, Z_2, W_2, Z_7 \) , and \( Z_8 \) in Bashir and Kepka (2007). Among these, the multiplicative reductions of \( M_2, D_2, W_2 \) , and \( Z_8 \) form semilattices, while the additive reductions of \( L_2, R_2, M_2, \) \( D_2, N_2 \) , and \( T_2 \) are idempotent semilattices, commonly referred to as idempotent semirings .

Jun

11th

2026

09:43

Tracy Morgan's Advice on Colonoscopies for Older Adults

Tracy Morgan turned a comedy conversation into a colon cancer screening reminder. In a new Variety interview, Morgan, 57, moved from stories about Eddie Murphy and fatherhood to a topic many adults would rather avoid: colonoscopies.

May

27th

2026

11:21

Management Changes, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Variety Expands AI Coverage With Hire of Media Reporter Corbin Bolies

Variety has hired Corbin Bolies to cover the growing intersection of artificial intelligence and the entertainment business, a beat that increasingly sits at the center of strategic debates across Hollywood, television, streaming and digital media. Bolies joins the trade publication from The Wrap, where he covered the media industry during a period marked by accelerating consolidation, shifting streaming economics and mounting pressure on legacy entertainment companies to integrate generative AI into production and operational workflows.

May

11th

2026

13:14

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

Variety Nominated for 100 SoCal Journalism Awards, Including Four Nods for Journalist of the Year

Variety has received 100 nominations during the 2025 calendar year for the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards. Four journalists were finalists for Journalist of the Year, including Daniel D’Addario for journalist of the year, print (over 50,000 circulation); Brian Steinberg for online journalist of the year; and Brent Lang and Chris Willman, entertainment journalists of the year.

Apr

24th

2026

18:23

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Marketers at Variety summit say AI compresses creative timelines, authenticity with fans is now the baseline expectation

Variety Summit: Speed, Authenticity and AI Reshape Entertainment Marketing Live experiences have moved to the center of the marketing mix, with brands treating audiences as distribution channels rather than passive endpoints. That was the consensus at Variety's Entertainment Marketing Summit in Los Angeles on April 22, where executives from Fox, Netflix, Apple, Warner Bros.

Complete AI Training

Apr

21st

2026

08:19

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

California Privacy Showdown: Why the Variety Media Case Could Impact Every Website

California businesses are facing an unprecedented wave of privacy litigation arising from routine website technologies — analytics tools, tracking pixels, chat widgets, and session‑replay software. At the center of this controversy is Variety Media LLC v.

Apr

12th

2026

15:44

New Sunshine Coach Donated to South Shields School Through Charity Partnership

A leading housebuilder has presented a brand-new minibus, also known as a Sunshine Coach, to Variety as part of a new partnership with the children’s charity. The 17-seater vehicle was handed over to Variety CEO Laurence Guinness by Bellway CEO Jason Honeyman at the company’s national headquarters at Woolsington House in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newcastle Magazine

Apr

8th

2026

18:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

Variety Names Eight O’Melveny Partners to its 2026 Legal Impact Report

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CENTURY CITY—April 9, 2026— Variety has named eight O’Melveny partners to its 2026 “Legal Impact Report,” which recognizes entertainment’s top dealmakers and litigators. The annual special report honored a four-partner team from O’Melveny’s Entertainment and Media Litigation Group and a four-partner team from O’Melveny’s Entertainment and Media Transactions Group.

O'Melveny & Myers

Apr

8th

2026

14:27

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

Variety’s Legal Impact Report Again Recognizes KBK Partners Philip M. Kelly, Richard B. Kendall, Nary Kim, and Patrick J. Somers as Leading Lawyers

April 2026 – Leading entertainment publication Variety has named Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP (KBK) Partners Philip M. Kelly, Richard B. Kendall, Nary Kim, and Patrick J. Somers as “Leading Lawyers” in its 2026 Legal Impact Report, recognizing their achievements in media and entertainment litigation over the past year.

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