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Variety
Sign in to saveAlso known as Variety (newspaper), Variety Magazine, Variety.com, Variety magazine, Weekly Variety, Variety (New York, N.Y.), Variety (magazine), Variety : the international entertainment weekly
American weekly entertainment trade magazine
Variety is an American weekly magazine that covers the entertainment industry, reporting on movies, television, music, and related business news. It matters because it's a major source of industry news and information that shapes conversations about entertainment and helps professionals in the field stay informed about trends and developments.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Penske Media Corporation
- Main subject
- film
- Official website
- variety.com
- Image
- Variety 16 December 1905 first issue.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Variety (magazine)
- title
- Variety
- place of publication
- Los Angeles
- inception
- 1905-12-16
- language of work or name
- English language
- start time
- 1933-00-00
- social media followers
- 1460000
- Library of Congress Classification (works and editions)
- PN2000 .V3
- Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions)
- 790.205
- publication interval
- 1
- Commons category
- Variety (magazine)
- different from
- Variety
- described at URL
- bibpurl.oclc.org/web/47566
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Encyclopedic overview
Variety is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, Daily Variety was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. Variety's website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar.
History
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