Tentpole news in Hollywood tradeland! Longtime Variety editor named vice prexy as scribblers ask, Was he ankled as replacement tapped for topline gig?
Cough.
What we meant to say was that this weekend, it was announced that Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of Variety for the last 20 years, would become vice president and editorial Read More
More bad news from the West Coast this morning comes from LA Observed's Kevin Roderick: payments to Los Angeles Times freelancers has been stopped.
Mr. Roderick writes:
If the Los Angeles Times owes you money, you might have to wait a long time. Publisher Eddy Hartenstein told the staff yesterday that the Chapter 11 Read More
Somehow amid the ongoing horror show of layoff season, we missed the news that The LA Weekly, which is owned by Village Voice Media, let go several staffers yesterday.
LAObserved's Kevin Roderick offered some details:
Sources at and around the LA Weekly confirmed that last night's staff cuts include long-time editor and columnist Read More
LAObserved's Kevin Roderick points us towards W's profile of Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington. Writer Diane Solway spends some time with Huffington, whom the magazine calls Poster Girl (get it?), but we were just interested in all the other people mentioned by name. (Except in the case of Huffington's household help and employees.) Read More
According to today's Los Angeles Times, the late Charlton Heston was more than just the star of Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments, he was "an avid newspaper reader, eager to share his opinions." Heston wrote letters to the editor on everything from Manuel Noriega to the long-forgotten '90s game show Stud. (Whither, Read More
