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The 83rd Annual Golden Globes® Generates $133.5 Million in Economic Impact for the City of Beverly Hills and Greater Los Angeles Region

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The Report Underscores the Organization’s Dual Role as Driver of Premier Cultural Events and as a Powerful Economic Engine for Southern California

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LOS ANGELES (April 1, 2026) — Today, Greyhill Advisors, a leading economic analysis consulting firm, in partnership with Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming, announced the results of an economic report analyzing the financial impact of the 83rd Annual Golden Globes® for the city of Beverly Hills and Greater Los Angeles region. The 2026 show and ancillary events leading up to it generated an impressive $133.5 Million in economic impact for the city of Beverly Hills and Greater Los Angeles region, building on the show's long-standing history of fueling job creation and driving significant revenue across key sectors such as hospitality, travel, dining, lifestyle, and more, while deeply enriching the local economy.

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The report underscores the dual role of the Golden Globes as a driver of premier cultural events and as a powerful economic engine for Southern California.

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The total economic impact reflects spending by Golden Globes attendees and their guests, ancillary events including award dinners, parties and associated celebrations, and local operational expenditures by Dick Clark Productions to produce the internationally recognized broadcast.

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This translates into dollars injected into the economy and provides real earnings to a variety of professionals that support the broadcast. In total, the 2026 Golden Globes generated $43.9 million in increased employee earnings and supported approximately 550 full-time equivalent jobs, benefiting a broad range of professionals, from television production crews and event staff to hotel workers, stylists, and security personnel.

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Attendee and Visitor Spending Drives Regional Activity

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Each January, thousands of nominees, talent, production crews, glam teams, and members of the media travel to Los Angeles for the Golden Globes, “Hollywood’s Party of the Year®” and the first major award show of the season.

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Collectively, Golden Globes attendees and related visitors accounted for $39.8 million in economic impact, including:

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$18.1 million from personal care services such as stylists, hair and makeup artists, and facialists — marking one of the busiest periods of the year for these professionals in Los Angeles.

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$16.4 million in spending at local hotels, restaurants, and retail establishments.

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$5.3 million generated through transportation and security services.

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“Golden Week” Delivers Additional Boost

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The economic benefits begin well before the live telecast. As the first major awards event of the year, the Golden Globes catalyzes a weeklong calendar of brunches, luncheons, dinners, pre-parties, and after-parties across the region leading up to the show.

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The economic impact tied to these ancillary events during “Golden Week” totaled $16.8 million, delivering significant revenue to hotels, restaurants, event venues, and hospitality providers throughout Los Angeles.

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“The scale of the economic impact shows that the Golden Globes is not just an entertainment event, but also an economic event for Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles area,” said Ben Loftsgaarden, Partner with Greyhill Advisors. “Digging into the numbers reveals the surprising breadth and depth of dollars flowing into the community, to hard working industry professionals and staff behind the scenes that make the week-long celebration a success.”

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“We’re incredibly proud of the economic impact the Golden Globes has on our host city. Producing a show of this scale creates hundreds of jobs, supports local businesses, and infuses significant revenue into the surrounding community,” said Bill Bracken, EVP, Production, Dick Clark Productions. “Having staged the Golden Globes in the city of Beverly Hills for so many years, it’s especially rewarding to give back in a meaningful way and contribute to its continued vitality.”

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Local Production Investment Strengthens Industry Hub

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Producing one of television’s most prestigious awards ceremonies and live broadcasts requires months of preparation and significant local investment. Dick Clark Productions, a Los Angeles–based company, invested heavily in local operations and pours millions of dollars into the local economy each year.

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DCP’s production activities for the 2026 Golden Globes generated $77 million in economic impact in the Los Angeles region alone.

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A Global Spotlight on Beverly Hills and Los Angeles

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Beyond direct economic benefits, the Golden Globes reinforces Los Angeles’ position as the nation’s leading center for cultural content production.

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The “83rd Annual Golden Globes,” “ET: Live on the Golden Globes Red Carpet,” and the new primetime special “Golden Eve”) reached a combined 21.77 Million viewers on CBS and Paramount+, according to Nielsen, and 27.07 Million international viewers across 169 territories, placing a global spotlight on the region’s creative workforce, venues, and world-class production capabilities. The city of Beverly Hills received $18.3 Million in broadcast media value from the “83rd Annual Golden Globes” and “Golden Eve,” including visual and verbal on-air exposure.

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As the entertainment capital of the world, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles continue to benefit from the Golden Globes’ unique ability to blend cultural significance with measurable economic value by generating jobs, supporting small businesses, and showcasing the region on an international stage.

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About Greyhill Advisors

Greyhill Advisors is an economic analysis, economic development and site selection consulting firm with offices in Austin, TX. Greyhill represents a team of seasoned professionals with hands-on experience performing economic analysis, assisting leading companies in their location decisions and working with communities to expand their economic potential. For more information, visit www.greyhilladvisors.com.

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About Golden Globes®

As a premier entertainment awards show since 1944, the annual Golden Globes has honored achievements in both television and film. Over the last three decades, the Golden Globes has enabled donations of more than $55 million to entertainment-related charities including scholarship programs, film restoration projects and humanitarian efforts. This funding has also supported diverse programs in partnership with advocacy groups aimed at promoting greater access in Hollywood for underserved communities. Dick Clark Productions is the owner and producer of the Golden Globes. For more information on the Golden Globes, please visit GoldenGlobes.com and follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and TikTok.

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About Dick Clark Productions

Dick Clark Productions (DCP) is the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming including “The Golden Globes,” the largest awards show in the world to celebrate the best of film, television and podcasting, “American Music Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” the No. 1 entertainment special in America, “Golden Eve,” “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “Rising Stars of Country Music,” Emmy®-winning series “So You Think You Can Dance,” and “American Bandstand,” the iconic and groundbreaking cultural phenomenon that defined a generation. Dick Clark Productions also possesses one of the world’s most extensive and unique entertainment archive libraries with more than 60 years of award-winning shows, historic specials, performances, and legendary programming. Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Corporation. For more information, please visit DickClark.com.

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The Met, Guggenheim, and Whitney Join Art Week NYCs Inaugural Lineup

October 16, 2026

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Inaugural Art Week NYC Announces Participating Cultural Institutions and Nonprofits for Citywide Event

October 16, 2026

Full list of participating institutions: HERE

Art Week NYC today announced the participating cultural institutions and nonprofit organizations for its inaugural citywide event, taking place November 11–14, 2026. Art Week NYC will celebrate New York’s extraordinary art ecosystem by bringing together museums, cultural institutions, galleries, artists, collectors, and audiences across the city. Select museums and institutions are presented in partnership with Bloomberg Connects.

Art Week NYC will feature a full day of public programming presented in partnership with Artforum and the New Museum, Art Week’s primary institutional partner, on Saturday, November 14 at the New Museum Theater.

Under the banner of “Art and the City,” these five talks will feature artists, architects, filmmakers, critics, and writers in five conversations examining the forces shaping art and culture in New York. Topics will include the redesign of notable museum spaces across the city, the growing movement of artists into filmmaking, the economic conditions faced by artists working in New York, and the impact of machine intelligence on studio practice.

This collaboration coincides with a significant moment for the New Museum, including the largest survey to date of the work of Arthur Jafa; the first New York solo museum exhibition of artist Diego Marcon; an exhibition tracing four hundred years in the history of the Bowery; and a new commission by artist Ho Tzu Nyen in the OMA-designed expansion of the museum’s downtown home.

The New Museum’s Toby Devan Lewis Director, Massimiliano Gioni, said, “Art Week NYC is a new initiative that brings the art world together, in a city that has been historically shaped and transformed by artists. We are thrilled that the New Museum will be at its center, as a catalyst for dialogues between artists, architects, curators, filmmakers, and the public: we have always thought of our institution as a place of encounters and conversations—a public plaza for new ideas.”

Art Week NYC will further expand across the city via the participation of leading museums, cultural organizations, nonprofits, and civic institutions.

Designed around the gallery neighborhoods, Art Week NYC will connect programming across Chelsea, Tribeca, the Lower East Side, the Upper East Side, and beyond. The citywide format will encourage audiences to move through New York and experience galleries, museums, cultural institutions, public spaces, and neighborhood destinations as part of one interconnected art week.

“New York City's world-renowned galleries and museums draw art lovers from all over the globe, but they belong first and foremost to the New Yorkers who live here,” said City Council Speaker Julie Menin. “Art Week NYC opens the door for our city's own artists and art lovers to support and be inspired by the creative institutions in our own backyard. The success of our city's cultural sphere has always been built on the voices and hearts of New Yorkers, and this week gives more of them a way to take part.”

“New York City’s cultural landscape is one of our greatest strengths, but it only thrives when New Yorkers are able to experience it, explore it and see themselves as part of it,” said Deputy Speaker Dr. Nantasha Williams. “A thriving cultural ecosystem creates opportunities on both sides: greater visibility and new audiences for artists, and greater access for New Yorkers to the range of art being created and presented across our city. Art Week NYC creates an opportunity to open more doors, bring new audiences into galleries and museums across the city, and introduce people to artists and cultural spaces they may not otherwise encounter. I’m excited about the energy Art Week will bring to our neighborhoods and the opportunity to deepen New Yorkers’ connection to the arts across our city.”

Participating Cultural Institutions and Nonprofits

ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America)

American Folk Art Museum

Americas Society

ArtTable

Asia Society Museum

Brooklyn Experimental Art Foundation

Brooklyn Museum

El Museo del Barrio

Fountain House Gallery

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

International Center of Photography

M-ARCH PROJECTS

Madison Square Park Conservancy

New Museum

New York City Council

Powerhouse Arts

Queens Museum

Studio Museum in Harlem

The FLAG Art Foundation

The Frick Collection

The High Line

The Immigrant Artist Biennial

The Jewish Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of the City of New York

The New York Public Library

Vilcek Foundation

White Columns

Whitney Museum of American Art

Williamsburg Biannual

Throughout the week, participating institutions will present exhibitions and special programming across the city, broadening Art Week NYC beyond traditional gallery districts and into New York’s wider cultural landscape.

About Art Week NYC 12

Taking place November 11–14, 2026, Art Week NYC brings together galleries, museums, artists, collectors, cultural organizations, and audiences for a citywide celebration of contemporary art.

The inaugural edition will feature more than 80 participating galleries across Chelsea, Tribeca, the Lower East Side, and the Upper East Side, alongside institutional programming, conversations, tours, exhibitions, and special events throughout New York City.

Additional programming and VIP experiences to be announced on art-week.com.

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Michelle Monaghan and Natalie Morales Join Flow Space Women’s Health Summit in Los Angeles on Oct. 15

October 14, 2026

Acclaimed actress and producer Michelle Monaghan and award-winning journalist and television personality Natalie Morales will participate in the Flow Space Women’s Health Summit on Thursday, Oct. 15, at Penske Media Corporation’s Los Angeles headquarters. The one-day event will bring together leading experts, advocates and innovators for candid conversations on the latest research, emerging treatments and issues shaping women’s health and wellness today.

Monaghan will discuss the challenges and joys of midlife, from balancing career and family to the importance of friendship, and how her approach to health and wellness has evolved. She will also talk about skin cancer awareness and the importance of self-advocacy in managing one’s health.

Morales, who has spoken publicly about her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease, will explore how life’s challenges and unexpected turns can reshape our perspectives on health, well-being and navigating different stages of life.

With a focus on separating the science from the hype, the Summit will explore topics including sexual health and intimacy; the evolving science around peptides and GLP-1s; hormone health after breast cancer; screenings and self-advocacy; ovarian cancer; and innovations including wearable technology and AI.

ADDITIONAL FEATURED SPEAKERS

Also taking the stage will be:

Valisia LeKae, Tony and Grammy Award-nominated actress, singer and ovarian cancer survivor
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, physician and founder of CliniciansWhoCare.com
Dr. Avrum Bluming, medical oncologist and co-author of Estrogen Matters
Dr. Jordan Emont, board-certified OB/GYN and founder of Emont Medicine
Dr. Jen Berman, board-certified urologist and two-time New York Times bestselling author
Ashley Turner, licensed psychotherapist and certified psychedelic-assisted therapist
Dr. Pooja Gidwani, double board-certified in internal and obesity medicine and longevity and metabolic health expert
Alison Haislip, actor and host of the Big C Energy podcast
Dr. Kate Balestrieri, clinical and forensic psychologist and certified sex therapist
Dr. Franziska Haydanek, OB/GYN and medical director of obstetrics at Rochester Regional Health
Robin Cohen, chair of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition

The Summit will be hosted by Cait Kiernan, editorial director of Flow Space, and Lauren Iannotti, chief content and live media officer of SHE Media.

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WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026
Doors open at 9:30 a.m.; programming concludes at 3:30 p.m.

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PMC LA Rooftop
Penske Media Corporation Los Angeles Headquarters
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064

For more information, visit https://shemedia.swoogo.com/healthsummitfs.

EVENT PARTNERS:
The Flow Space Women’s Health Summit is presented with support from Novartis, AbbVie and Bonafide.

ABOUT FLOW SPACE
‍Flow Space is SHE Media’s digital and live media platform dedicated to women’s health and the only content brand that blends scientific authority and empathetic storytelling to educate, encourage, and empower midlife women to get loud about—and advocate for—their health. Flow Space delivers science-backed reporting on brain and heart health, medical innovation, longevity, menopause and more, with an emphasis on functional well-being and long-term vitality. Its community of experts and advocates addresses issues ranging from condition-specific treatment to lifestyle optimization and first-person experiences, while Flow Space content explores biotechnology, product innovation and scientific advancements in women’s health. Since its launch at South by Southwest (SXSW) in 2023, Flow Space has built a meaningful community featuring prominent voices including Brooke Shields, Katie Couric, Maria Shriver, Christy Turlington, Sophia Bush and Selma Blair. Through its editorial content and year-round live events, Flow Space fosters conversations that help women feel heard, supported, informed and empowered.

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Michelle Monaghan and Natalie Morales Join Flow Space Women’s Health Summit in Los Angeles on Oct. 15

October 14, 2026

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“Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” to Simulcast Live on ABC and Disney+ for First Time Ever

October 7, 2026

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“Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” to Simulcast Live on ABC and Disney+ for the First Time Ever; Druski Joins as Co-Host

October 7, 2026

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“Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” to Simulcast Live on ABC and Disney+ for the First Time Ever

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Druski Joins as Chicago Co-Host

Rita Ora Returns to Co-Host from New York;

Julianne Hough and Rob Gronkowski Return as Las Vegas Co-Hosts

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America’s No. 1 New Year’s Eve Celebration Airs LIVE Thursday, Dec. 31, Beginning at 8/7c on ABC and Disney+

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[EDITOR’S NOTE]: Media assets HERE

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Los Angeles, CA - October 7, 2026 — Today, ABC and Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming, announced that “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” will simulcast on Disney+, alongside the live broadcast on ABC, for the first time in the history of the iconic franchise, giving audiences an exciting new way to experience America's biggest, most-watched New Year's celebration.

Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve” will welcome award-winning comedian and actor Druski as the Chicago co-host. Featured on the cover of TIME100 Next 2026, which recognizes the world’s influential rising stars, and named the No. 1 most influential creator of 2026 by Rolling Stone, Druski is one of the entertainment industry’s leading comedic voices and has redefined comedy for the modern era, building a massive following through viral sketches, self-produced shows, sold-out tours and more.

Chart-topping artist, actress and global entertainer Rita Ora returns to co-host from New York's Times Square, and renowned multi-hyphenate performer Julianne Hough and NFL legend Rob Gronkowski will return to Las Vegas to lead celebrations from the “Entertainment Capital of the World.”

The telecast’s landmark streaming debut follows a record-breaking 2026 edition that further cemented “Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve” as television's premier New Year's Eve destination. The expanded eight-hour celebration, the longest telecast and largest artist lineup in the show's more than 50-year history, featured 42 performers, four live countdown celebrations, and nearly 100 songs from New York City's Times Square, Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico, Nashville, Kansas City and beyond.

Consistently ranking as one of America’s most-watched television specials according to Nielsen, “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026” reached 46 million total viewers, making it the No. 1 television program of the night. More than 30 million viewers watched the iconic Times Square Ball Drop at midnight, while the 11:30 p.m.–12:30 a.m. hour alone attracted nearly 20 million viewers, outperforming all competing New Year's Eve programming. The show's expanded late-night coverage also delivered its strongest performance in eight years, with the post-midnight broadcast nearly doubling the previous year's audience.

The nationwide iHeartRadio simulcast reached 2 million listeners across nearly 150 iHeartRadio stations, a +9% increase over the previous year. Social engagement reached new heights as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and ABC generated more than 506 million video views across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X during the five days surrounding the broadcast, a +165% increase year over year.

The 2026 celebration brought together one of the most diverse lineups in franchise history, featuring performances from music legends, global superstars and breakout artists representing every genre. Highlights included Diana Ross ushering in the New Year from Times Square, as well as 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, AJR, The All-American Rejects, BigXthaPlug, Chance the Rapper, Chappell Roan, Charlie Puth, Ciara, Daddy Yankee, Demi Lovato, DJ Cassidy's star-studded “Pass The Mic Live!” featuring Busta Rhymes, T.I. and Wyclef Jean, Goo Goo Dolls, Jess Glynne, Jessie Murph, Jordan Davis, LE SSERAFIM, Leon Thomas, Little Big Town, Madison Beer, Maren Morris, Mariah Carey, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull, Post Malone, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore and Zara Larsson, among many others.

Additional details for this year’s broadcast will be announced in the coming months. “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” is produced by Dick Clark Productions, with Ryan Seacrest, Michael Dempsey, Jay Penske, and Barry Adelman serving as executive producers.

Follow “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Threads, join the conversation with #RockinEve and get the latest news and updates at NewYearsRockinEve.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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“Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2027” to Simulcast Live on ABC and Disney+ for the First Time Ever

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Druski Joins as Chicago Co-Host

Rita Ora Returns to Co-Host from New York;

Julianne Hough and Rob Gronkowski Return as Las Vegas Co-Hosts

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America’s No. 1 New Year’s Eve Celebration Airs LIVE Thursday, Dec. 31, Beginning at 8/7c on ABC and Disney+

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Ticket On-Sale Announced for 62nd Academy of Country Music Awards

October 5, 2026

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Ticket On-Sale Announced for 62nd Academy of Country Music Awards

October 5, 2026

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Sourcing Journal Hosts 2026 Fall Summit: “The Global Sourcing Reboot”

September 29, 2026

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Sourcing Journal Hosts 2026 Fall Summit: “The Global Sourcing Reboot”

September 29, 2026

New York, NY, September 29, 2026 — Today, Sourcing Journal (SJ), the premier voice for sourcing and manufacturing industry thought leaders, brings together leading executives, policymakers, manufacturers and innovators for its annualFall Summit, “The Global Sourcing Reboot.”

Global sourcing is being reshaped by shifting trade policies, geopolitical instability, evolving sustainability requirements and rapid technological advancement. As the strategies that once defined supply chain success are challenged, brands, retailers and manufacturers are being forced to rethink how, and where, they operate. The 2026 SJ Fall Summit will examine the forces transforming global sourcing and identify the opportunities emerging from this period of disruption, with practical insights into building resilience, managing risk and creating competitive advantage in an increasingly complex global marketplace.

“As the global supply chain enters a complex new era,resilience has never been more urgent and the authoritative intelligence of SJmatters more than ever,” said Amanda Smith, CEO of Fairchild Media Group.“Convening our most influential leaders across manufacturing, retail, andpolicy during this pivotal moment, provides an ideal forum to examine theessential needs of a global reboot, and chart a durable path forward for theentire industry.”

“After years of uncertainty, the industry has moved beyond simply reacting to disruption andis finding new ways to adapt, evolve and take the future into its own hands,”said Kate Nishimura, Deputy Editor, Sourcing Journal, and Angela Velasquez, Executive Editor, SJ Denim. “From new applications of AI and advances in circularity to shifting sourcing markets and deeper collaboration between brands and suppliers, this year’s Summit will examine how the industry is navigating constant change and what that means for the future of global sourcing.”

Amongthe confirmed speakers are:

· Courtney Culbreath, AssociateDirector, Corporate Social Responsibility & ESG, GUESS? Inc.

· Leah Hollinder, Senior Director,Merchandising & Planning, Fjällräven North America

· Maristella Iacobello, Vice President,Global Customs & Trade Governance, PVH Corp.

· Dr. Jason Kra, President, Li &Fung

· Dr. Sheng Lu, Professor & GraduateDirector, Fashion & Apparel Studies, University of Delaware

· Kevin McCoy, Vice President, Made, NewBalance Athletics Inc.

· Lindy O’Brien, Vice President,Recommerce & Returns, Target

· Laura Perdomo, Vice President,Location Operations & Partnerships, Happy Returns

· Elizabeth Richman, General Counsel,EILEEN FISHER Inc.

· Peter Roberts, Founder & ChiefExecutive Officer, Origin USA

· Maithili Shenoy, Founder &Managing Partner, La Naia Group

Foradditional event information, including the full speaker lineup and agenda,visit https://www.events.sourcingjournal.com/sjfallsummit26.

The 2026 Sourcing Journal Fall Summit is supported by Aptean, Better Cotton Initiative, Darn It!,DSV, Hansae, Hyosung and Supima.

AboutSourcing Journal

Since its founding in 2009, SourcingJournal (SJ) has become the premier voice for sourcing community thought leaders.Sourcing Journal’s expert editorial team leads the industry conversation withsmart investigative journalism, breaking news, analysis of global marketconditions. Sourcing Journal reaches a digital audience of 500K+, offers adaily newsletter featuring vital updates on global market conditions, publishesa series of white papers and reports that tackle major global business news andtopics throughout the year and hosts 3 thought leader events including theannual SJ Summit in NYC. Published by Penske Media Corporation and part ofFairchild Media Group, Sourcing Journal leads the trade as the destination forapparel and textile executives looking to make sense of an increasingly complexsourcing landscape.

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Fairchild Media Group Celebrates Women in Power With Annual Forum in New York City

September 14, 2026

Today, Fairchild Media Group celebrates Women in Power, bringing together influential leaders across fashion, beauty, retail and beyond for its annual forum at The Glasshouse in New York City. Under this year’s theme, “The Trailblazers: Transforming Opportunity Into Impact,” the full-day program explores how today’s trailblazers are creating opportunities for lasting impact while paving the way for future generations.

“I’m thrilled to be honoring this extraordinary group of women whose remarkable leadership is shaping and defining our industry," said Amanda Smith, CEO of Fairchild Media Group. “Their leadership leaves a lasting legacy for both the businesses they lead and other female leaders. Fairchild Media Group is committed to celebrating their leadership, championing bold innovation, and amplifying women’s voices in the C-suite and beyond. The trailblazers we celebrate here represent a strategic, transformative vision for the future of the entire business landscape.”

The 2026 Women in Power speaker lineup features leaders across fashion, footwear, beauty, retail, media, health and more, including:

• Aimee Bayer-Thomas, Chief Retail Officer, Ulta Beauty

• Kristina Blahnik, Chief Executive Officer, Manolo Blahnik

• Lauren Brindley, Chief Merchandising & Digital Officer, Ulta Beauty

• Emily Cole, Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer & Creative Director, Kenneth Cole Productions

• Ayesha Curry, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sweet July Skin

• Christina Fair, President, Consumer Products Division, L'Oréal North America

• Molly Howard, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, La Ligne

• Hoda Kotb, New York Times Bestselling Author & Award-Winning Journalist, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joy 101 and Former Co-anchor, NBC News’ TODAY

• Stephanie Kramer, Chief Human Resources Officer, L'Oréal North America

• Dr. Angela Lamb, Vice Chair, Clinical Operations & Strategy, Mount Sinai Health System

• Valerie Macaulay, Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer, La Ligne

• Kelly Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer, Ulta Beauty

• Meredith Melling, Co-founder & Chief Brand Officer, La Ligne

• Cathy O’Brien, Founder, WellSpace for Women

• Michelle Peluso, Chief Executive Officer, Revlon Group Holdings

• Dr. Elisa Port, Chief of Breast Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System

• Tracy Reese, Founder & Designer, Hope for Flowers

• Gemma Rhodes, Senior Director, Direct to Consumer, EMEA, New Balance Athletics Inc.

• Alejandra Rojas, Creative Director & Chief Executive Officer, Alejandra Alonso Rojas

• Tricia Smith, Global Chief Executive Officer, Anthropologie Group

• Kecia Steelman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ulta Beauty

• Aniela Unguresan, Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation

• Elyse Walker, Founder, elysewalker

• Aleesha Worthington, Vice President, Marketing, WHP Global

See the full Women in Power program and speaker lineup HERE.

Also today, WWD, Footwear News (FN), and Beauty Inc release the Women in Power 2026 list, celebrating women making an impact across fashion, beauty, retail and beyond. View the full 2026 list HERE.

Past Women in Power honorees include Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Tiffany Dufu, President, Tory Burch Foundation; Sara and ErinFoster, Writers, Producers, Podcasters, and Founders, Favorite Daughter; Paloma Elsesser, Model; Sonia Cheng, CEO, Rosewood Hotel Group; and Chemena Kamali, Creative Director, Chloé, representing leaders across industries and creative pursuits.

The 2026 Women in Power event is presented by Wolverine Worldwide, with support from Anne Klein, CEW, Cosnova, Glamsquad, The Glasshouse, Hunter, New Balance, Ulta Beauty and Unilever.

About WWD

Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) provides a balance of timely, credible business news and key fashion trends for leading retailers, designers, manufacturers, marketers, financiers, Wall Street analysts, international moguls, media executives, ad agencies, trend-makers, and global consumers. Founded in 1910 by Edmund Fairchild and helmed for over two decades by legendary publisher John B. Fairchild, WWD has been the daily media of record and the industry voice of authority for over 115 years. Operated and published by Penske Media Corporation under Fairchild Media Group, WWD reaches a global audience of nearly 16 million+ every month across print, digital, mobile, video, social, and events, including the annual WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit and Global Summits in 3 international markets. As an increasingly complex marketplace heightens the need for information and competitive intelligence, WWD delivers spirited coverage with frequency, integrity, and a legacy of getting it right and getting it first.

About Footwear News

Footwear News (FN) is the definitive authority for top industry decision makers and shoe-loving consumers. From powerplayers to style icons to sports and entertainment’s A-list, FN draws on its 80 years of history inside the business of footwear and retail to break vital news stories and provide expert analysis and interviews. Led by an expert team of journalists across digital, print, social, video, and live events including the “Shoe Oscars,” the Footwear News Achievement Awards (FNAAs), FN connects millions of insiders to the stars and legends of the footwear business. Published by Penske Media Corporation and part of Fairchild Media Group, FN is the premier news resource for the ever-evolving global shoe and sneaker market.

About Beauty Inc

Beauty Inc is the insider’s authority for the global Beauty industry, delivering the news, trends and insights that shape the category. Launched in 2007 as an expansion of Women’s Wear Daily’s longstanding coverage of the sector, Beauty Inc has become the premier source for reporting and analysis across Beauty, Wellness and Retail. With six print issues per year, a twice-weekly digital newsletter and expanded coverage on WWD.com, Beauty Inc provides comprehensive coverage of the category. Key franchises include the WWD Beauty Top 100, a global ranking of the world’s largest firms, Greatest of All Time, and the Beauty Inc Power Brands. Beauty Inc reaches nearly 3 million on WWD.com, 6 million+ across WWD's social media handles, and is home to the industry’s most highly regarded events, including the WWD Beauty CEO Summit, the Beauty Inc Awards, the Los Angeles Beauty forum, and the Catalysts.

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Hoda Kotb, Ulta Beauty CEO Kecia Steelman, Manolo Blahnik CEO Kristina Blahnik, Designer Tracy Reese, the Co-Founders of La Ligne, and More Come Together for 2026 Women in Power

September 14, 2026

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Penske Media Corporation Increases Ownership of SXSW

August 28, 2026

Press Releases

Penske Media Corporation Increases Ownership of SXSW

August 28, 2026

SXSW, the largest cultural event in the United States, today announced that Penske Media Corporation has transitioned from a majority stakeholder to full owner. The move represents a seamless evolution of a multi-year strategic partnership built on shared ambition, strong financial growth, and international expansion. SXSW will remain headquartered in Austin, where its flagship Conference & Festivals and SXSW EDU will continue to take place. SXSW 2027 runs March 15–21, preceded by SXSW EDU, March 13–16.

The partnership began in 2021, when PMC invested in SXSW following the severe financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing critical capital that helped secure the event’s future. Over the past several years, PMC and SXSW have worked together to strengthen the company’s long-term foundation, expand opportunities for programming, partnerships, and community building, and grow its global presence in Europe. SXSW will continue to be led from Austin, with a focus on preserving the deep community relationships that have long defined the event.

Founded by Roland Swenson, Nick Barbaro, Louis Jay Meyers and Louis Black, SXSW has played a central role in Austin’s evolution as an international destination for music, film, technology and the creative industries. Under their leadership, SXSW created a new model for bringing different industries and communities together and established a global event that remains deeply connected to its hometown.

“It's been a great joy and honor to help build this company from the ground up,” said Nick Barbaro, SXSW co-founder. “We could never have done this anywhere but Austin, and thanks to the hard work and dedication of so many talented people who’ve cared deeply about its purpose over the years, SXSW continues to impact the lives of countless artists and innovators around the world. It’s been a great ride and we look forward to watching SXSW continue to grow in vibrant new ways while remaining focused on helping creative people achieve their goals.”

"SXSW combines exceptional leadership and a proven playbook with a live event experience that is second to none." said Jay Penske, Chairman and CEO, Penske Media Corporation. “Premium live experiences are central to Penske Media’s future, and we are thrilled to increase our stake in SXSW, and provide the company with further backing and together write the most expansive chapter in its history."

The transaction reflects PMC’s continued investment in global live events that convene influential communities across entertainment, media, music, technology, fashion, art and culture. PMC’s portfolio of events and experiences already includes the Golden Globes, Latin Music Week, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and over 315 additional live experiences produced and built by PMC brands including Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, WWD and Sportico.

Since its founding in 1987, SXSW has grown from an Austin music event into an internationally recognized destination for discovery and connection across technology, film and television, music, education, comedy, culture and business. Each year, SXSW brings global creative and professional communities to Austin while providing a platform for the artists, entrepreneurs, innovators, and organizations that make the city distinctive.

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2026 WWD Honors to Recognize LVMH’s Bernard Arnault, Tom Ford’s Haider Ackermann, Céline’s Michael Rider and More

August 24, 2026

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2026 WWD Honors to Recognize LVMH’s Bernard Arnault, Tom Ford’s Haider Ackermann, Céline’s Michael Rider and More

August 24, 2026

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Billboard Announces 2026 R&B Hip-Hop Live Event Lineup

August 13, 2026

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Billboard Announces 2026 R&B Hip-Hop Live Event Lineup Featuring Lucky Daye, Yung Miami, Destin Conrad, Samara Cyn, and Skippa

August 13, 2026

New York, NY – August 13, 2026 – Today, global music authority Billboard announced its R&B Hip-Hop Live concert, a celebration of noteworthy and rising talent, on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the iconic Brooklyn Steel in New York City. Sponsored by Rotation, the home of Hip-Hop and R&B on Amazon Music, this event is a centerpiece of Billboard’s R&B Hip-HopWeek and will feature electrifying performances by Lucky Daye, Yung Miami, and sets from the genre’s brightest rising stars: Destin Conrad, Samara Cyn, and Skippa.

Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Live tickets are available starting August 13, 2026 at 10am ET at the link HERE. Concertgoers who have downloaded and are signed into the Amazon Music app will be able to use an exclusive “Fast Entry Lane” onsite that allows them to skip to the front of the line. QR codes will also be available for those that do not have an account and wish to sign-up and utilize this perk.

“Billboard has always been at the epicenter of music and culture,” said Mike Van, CEO of Billboard. “As hip-hop, R&B and Caribbean music continue to shape culture around the world, we're committed to championing the emerging voices, generational artists and passionate fans driving these genres forward."

EVENT DETAILS:

Event Name: Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Live
Date: September 10, 2026, Doora at 8pm
Location: Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
Admission: Tickets on sale now HERE, show is 18+

For more updates on the concert lineup, activities, and ticket information, please visit https://live.billboard.com/rbhh

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ABOUT BILLBOARD

Billboard is the ultimate barometer of success in music. Through its iconic charts, breaking news, thought leadership, multi-platform storytelling and world class events, Billboard tracks the world’s top musicians and the business that powers them. Since its origin in 1894, music leaders and fans across the world look to Billboard as the most trusted source for music information, spanning more than a dozen countries and published in 10 languages. The prestigious BillboardMusic Awards are the only premium awards ceremony that recognize musicians for their undeniable achievements on the Billboard charts, using pure data to determine the winners, rather than relying on opaque committees or undisclosed voters to select the honorees giving fans maximum impact at each year's ceremony, as Billboard's chart data measures fans' engagement with their favorite music. Billboard’s other premium experiences range from the Billboard Power 100 to Billboard Women in Music, Billboard Latin Music Week, and BillboardLive, which connects the most impactful artists and industry leaders with fans from all cultures and corners of the globe.

ABOUT AMAZON MUSIC

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that connects fans, artists, and creators through music, podcasts, and culture. Amazon Music brings fans closer to what they love, with curated and personalized playlists, artist livestreams, artist merch, and Amazon Exclusive podcasts. Prime members get access to over 100 million songs in shuffle mode, All-Access playlists, plus the largest catalog of top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership. Customers can subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited for full, on-demand access to 100 million songs in HD, a growing catalog of Ultra HD and Spatial audio, and one audiobook a month from the world’s largest selection of audiobooks from Audible. Anyone can listen to Amazon Music by downloading the free Amazon Music app, or wherever they listen to music including Alexa-enabled devices. Learn more at amazon.com/music.

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Bernard Arnault to Receive WWD’s 2026 John B. Fairchild Honor

August 3, 2026

Today, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) proudly announces Bernard Arnault as the recipient of the 2026 John B. Fairchild Honor, WWD’s highest distinction. The award will be presented live during the WWD Honors ceremony on October 27, 2026, in New York City.

Presented annually at the WWD Honors ceremony, the John B. Fairchild Honor recognizes individuals whose creativity, vision, and leadership have left an enduring impact on the global fashion industry. Named for WWD’s legendary publisher, the John B. Fairchild Honor celebrates transformative careers that have shaped fashion and business on a global scale. Past recipients include Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Leonard Lauder, Miuccia Prada, Tommy Hilfiger, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Brunello Cucinelli, Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti.

The WWD Honors event, a star-studded gathering in New York City, brings together the industry's leading executives, creatives, and changemakers for an evening honoring those whose work continues to define the future of fashion, beauty, and retail, culminating with the presentation of the John B. Fairchild Honor.

“WWD’s John B. Fairchild Award honors an industry-defining legacy, and few leaders have shaped global luxury on the scale of Bernard Arnault,” said Amanda Smith, CEO, Fairchild Media Group. “Presenting him with this recognition is a watershed moment not only for WWD, but for the global fashion community. It is a testament to the very definition of leadership and to an individual with the rare ability to redefine the boundaries of vision, scale, and craftsmanship.”

“I am honored to receive the John B. Fairchild Award," said Arnault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. "I knew well and respected John and his approach to talking about creativity. He broadened WWD’s coverage to go beyond fashion into the people behind the business as well as expanding into beauty and culture, all areas that are important to LVMH.”

“Mr. Fairchild met scores of designers and executives throughout his legendary and groundbreaking career yet admired and spoke fondly of few, and one of those was Bernard Arnault. He lauded him of course for his business acumen but, above all, for his passion for creativity, one he shared with Mr. Fairchild.” said James Fallon, Chief Content Officer, Fairchild Media Group. “He would always talk excitedly about touring stores in Paris with him, and of course offering his honest and unfiltered opinions! It is an immense privilege to present this year’s WWD John B. Fairchild Honor to Mr. Arnault, one that I am sure would thrill Mr. Fairchild himself.”

"I am grateful to the teams at WWD for maintaining his legacy, for their ongoing support to our maisons and for keeping us informed and inspired,” Arnault added. “Thank you for giving me an honor bearing a legend’s name.”

WWD Honors is held in conjunction with the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, taking place October 27-28, 2026.

The 2026 WWD Honors event is sponsored by Presenting Partner: Aily Labs. Event Partners also include Aetrex, Boston Consulting Group, Google, Katten, Pixel Moda, Saudi Fashion Commission and more to follow.

About WWD

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Bernard Arnault to Receive WWD’s 2026 John B. Fairchild Honor

August 3, 2026

Press Releases

Dick Clark Productions Launches DCP Studios

August 3, 2026

Press Releases

Dick Clark Productions Launches DCP Studios, Adding Award-Winning Branded Content Studio to Its Business

August 3, 2026

Today, Dick Clark Productions (DCP), the world’s largest owner and producer of televised live event entertainment programming, announced the launch of DCP Studios, a new in-house division created to expand the company’s creative and production capabilities for its partners and talent across its rich portfolio of shows including: The Golden Globes, Dick Clark’s New Years’ Rockin’ Eve, Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards and more. The DCP Studios team will also serve as the branded production studio for ambitious, portfolio-wide PMX brand partnerships.

As part of Penske Media Corporation’s recent acquisition of Vox Media, a team of creative and production leaders from the team formerly known as Vox Creative will join DCP to establish the company’s first-ever in-house DCP Studios division. Based in Los Angeles and New York, DCP Studios will serve as an always-on branded content studio, creating and producing campaigns for partners and audiences across platforms including social, digital, podcasts, live experiences and premium video, while expanding DCP’s ability to deliver sustained storytelling, deeper audience engagement and a broader range of creative services throughout the year.

Yosef Johnson will helm the new division, bringing more than 15 years of experience across branded content, creative strategy and production. Most recently SVP and Head of Vox Creative, Vox Media’s award-winning in-house brand studio, Johnson oversaw creative development, strategy, client management and experiential and branded content production for advertisers. Throughout his career, Johnson has led the development of cross-platform campaigns, purpose-driven documentaries, podcasts, written features, audio campaigns and social-first storytelling, with prior leadership roles at Group Nine Media, NowThis, and Wieden+Kennedy New York, where he worked across brands including Nike, Jordan Brand, and ESPN.

“I’m thrilled to bring this extraordinary team into DCP and have the opportunity to build exciting new partnerships with advertisers, rooted in the iconic legacy and live entertainment of both DCP and the expanding portfolio at PMX,” said Johnson, Head of DCP Studios. “We’re excited to create rich, enduring stories around powerful IP, franchises and longstanding talent relationships, and to help our brand partners show up in ways that are culturally resonant, creatively ambitious and built for every platform where audiences engage.”

“DCP Studios expands our ability to tell a wider array of stories for partners and audiences across every platform, while also allowing us to offer a broader range of creative services through an always-on studio model,” said Mike Chuthakieo, Chief Commercial Officer, Dick Clark Productions.

Vox Creative has been a trusted brand content studio for more than a decade and is a multi-year winner of Digiday’s Best Branded Content Studio. The incoming team has created award-winning work for hundreds of advertisers, across social, podcasts, live experiences, premium video, and documentaries. Most recently, timed to the World Cup, the team released Soccer Meets America, in association with Verizon, a docuseries that premiered on Roku as part of an integrated campaign featuring social IRL moments, fan-focused screenings, and editorial storytelling.

About Dick Clark Productions

About Penske Media Corporation

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more than 500 million people. Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media and owns over 300 live events, while reaching audiences across all screens. Penske Media is recognized, as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America.

Our Companies & Brands

Iconic Media Brands (PMX): Variety, Rolling Stone, The Verge, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Deadline, Eater, Sportico, ARTnews, Fairchild Media, VIBE, IndieWire, SB Nation, ARTFORUM, POPSUGAR, Gold Derby, BEAUTY INC, Art in America, Punch, The Dodo, and more.

Live Events & Experiences: The Golden Globes, SXSW, Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMs), Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, SXSW London, American Music Awards (AMAs), and Latin Music Week.

Data & Analytics: Luminate, the premier music and entertainment data and analytics company.

Global Footprint

PMC and its subsidiaries are co-headquartered in New York and Los Angeles, with additional offices spanning 14 countries worldwide.

Visit www.PMC.com to explore our complete portfolio.

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Brent Lang Named Editor-In-Chief, IndieWire

July 31, 2026

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Brent Lang Named Editor-In-Chief, IndieWire

July 31, 2026

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Pitbull to Headline Exclusive Superstar Q&A at 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week

July 22, 2026

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Following a Historic Guinness World Record and Sold-Out Global Tour, Pitbull to Headline an Exclusive Superstar Q&A at 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week

July 22, 2026

Fresh off a history-making run that saw him earn a Guinness World Record at BST Hyde Park in London for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps, perform before a record-breaking crowd of nearly 70,000 fans, and complete sold-out I Am Back tours across North America and Europe, global superstar Pitbull is bringing his momentum to Billboard Latin Music Week 2026.

Today, Billboard, the global authority in music, announced that the GRAMMY® Award-winning global recording artist will join the 2026 edition of Billboard Latin Music Week. Taking place October 19–22, 2026, at the iconic Faena Forum Miami Beach, the event will once again serve as the industry’s premier gathering celebrating the power, influence, and future of Latin music and culture. Tickets are on sale now at BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.

Armando Christian Pérez, globally known as Pitbull, is a GRAMMY Award-winning independent international superstar, entrepreneur, education ambassador, and motivational speaker whose influence extends far beyond music. Currently on his global I'm Back Tour with Lil Jon, Pitbull continues to captivate audiences around the world. With billions of audio streams and video views, hundreds of gold and platinum certifications, and a career that has redefined global crossover success, he remains one of the most influential artists in music.

Beyond the stage, Pitbull has built a thriving business portfolio as the founder of the Mr. 305 record label and Voli 305 Vodka, while also launching Globalization, his SiriusXM channel dedicated to global rhythmic hits. A passionate advocate for education, he co-founded SLAM! (Sports Leadership Arts Management), a nationally recognized tuition-free public charter school network that now serves more than 10,000 students across 14 campuses throughout the United States, empowering the next generation through innovative learning and leadership.

Recognized as the longest-running, highest-profile, and most influential gathering in the Latin music industry, Billboard Latin Music Week is hailed as the birthplace for some of the industry's biggest stars. The event features multiple days of can't-miss programming, including show-stopping performances, exclusive panels, interactive workshops, and curated showcases, bringing together leading artists, creators, and executives shaping the future of Latin music with fans across the globe, including:

Exclusive conversations with today's biggest Latin music stars and emerging voices.

Industry panels with leaders shaping the future of Latin entertainment.

Dynamic live performances and fan events.

Networking opportunities with top executives, artists, and tastemakers.

Additionally, this year’s lineup includes, Greeicy, Jay Wheeler, Jessi Uribe, Kany García, Lola Indigo, Paola Jara, RaiNao, Rawayana, Ryan Castro, Trueno, and Zhamira, with additional talent to be revealed in the coming weeks., with many more to be revealed soon. Executives panelists include Nat Pastor, Tommy Mottola, and Victor Gonzalez, alongside many more industry leaders to be announced soon.

Billboard Latin Music Week has been the driving force behind the most impactful conversations and cultural moments across Latin music for over three decades, connecting generations of artists, industry leaders, and fans alike. Each year, the event continues to shape the future of the genre on a global stage, solidifying its place as one of the most influential celebrations in entertainment. Last year’s sold-out events brought together some of the biggest names in Latin music, featuring star-studded conversations with artists like Anuel AA, Carín León, Carlos Vives, Daddy Yankee, Danny Ocean, DJ Khaled, Gloria & Emilio Estefan, Emilia, Ivy Queen, Kali Uchis, Laura Pausini, Myke Towers, Ozuna, Rawayana, Tokischa, and many more. This year’s edition will once again spotlight the continued global rise and influence of Latin sounds and storytelling.

The 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week kicks off Monday, October 19th, 2026, with a packed week of programming that includes artist conversations, panels, live performances, hands-on workshops, brand activations, networking opportunities, and more.

Billboard Latin Music Week will coincide with the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking place in Miami on Thursday, October 22, and will broadcast live on Telemundo and Peacock. More details about the event to be announced soon.

For more information on Billboard Latin Music Week and the latest updates, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.

Sponsors include Harbourview Equity Partners, HYBE Latin America, Sonesta International Hotels, the official hotel sponsor of Billboard Latin Music Week, and Lincoln, the official auto partner of Billboard Latin Music Week.

Follow the event on social media:

Facebook: @Billboard and @BillboardLatin

X: @Billboard and @BillboardLatin

Instagram: @Billboard and @BillboardLatin

TikTok: @Billboard

Join the conversation: #BillboardLatinWeek

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For sponsorship opportunities please reach out to:

Ed Stepankovsky: estepankovsky@billboard.com

Pam Sturchio: psturchio@billboard.com

Joe Maimone: joe.maimone@billboard.com

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ABOUT BILLBOARD:

Billboard is the ultimate barometer of success in music. Through its iconic charts, breaking news, thought leadership, multi-platform storytelling and world class events, Billboard tracks the world’s top musicians and the business that powers them. Since its origin in 1894, music leaders and fans across the world look to Billboard as the most trusted source for music information, spanning 15 countries and published in 10 languages. The prestigious Billboard Music Awards are the only premium awards ceremony that recognize musicians for their undeniable achievements on the Billboard charts, using pure data to determine the winners, rather than relying on opaque committees or undisclosed voters to select the honorees giving fans maximum impact at each year's ceremony, as Billboard's chart data measures fans' engagement with their favorite music. Billboard’s other premium experiences range from the Billboard Power 100 to Billboard Women in Music, Billboard Latin Music Week, and Billboard Live, which connects the most impactful artists and industry leaders with fans from all cultures and corners of the globe.

ABOUT HARBOURVIEW EQUITY PARTNERS

HarbourView Equity Partners is an investment firm focused on opportunities to support content across the entertainment, sports, and media markets. The firm seeks businesses or assets powered by IP and investment opportunities that aim to build enduring asset value and returns. HarbourView has been extremely active since launching in 2021, amassing roughly $3.88 billion* in regulatory assets under management including over 70+ music catalogs to date and investments in various portfolio companies with management teams in its core industries. The firm's distinctly diverse music portfolio features thousands of titles spanning numerous genres, eras, and artists, amounting to a diversified catalog of ~41,000+ songs across both master recordings and publishing income streams. The company is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

ABOUT HYBE LATIN AMERICA

HYBE Latin America is the regional arm of HYBE, dedicated to amplifying the vibrant voices and diverse talents of Latin American artists on the global stage. Rooted in a deep appreciation for the region's cultural richness, HYBE Latin America blends traditional rhythms with cutting-edge artistry, creating a dynamic platform where innovation meets heritage.

Committed to empowering artists with creative autonomy and state-of-the-art resources, HYBE Latin America fosters a collaborative environment that transcends borders and unites fans worldwide. Through groundbreaking music, unforgettable live experiences, and meaningful cultural exchanges, HYBE Latin America redefines Latin music’s global identity, shaping the future of entertainment while celebrating the heart of the region.

ABOUT LINCOLN

Lincoln is the luxury automotive brand of Ford Motor Company, committed to creating compelling vehicles with an exceptional ownership experience to match. For more information about Lincoln, please visit media.lincoln.com or www.lincoln.com.       

ABOUT SONESTA:

Sonesta is the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. according to Smith Travel Research (STR) with approximately 1,100 properties totaling 100,000 guest rooms across 13 brands in 11 countries. Sonesta owns, manages and/or franchises under The Royal Sonesta®, The James™, Classico Collection by Sonesta™, Sonesta Hotels, Resorts & Cruises®; MOD Collection by Sonesta™, Sonesta Select®; Sonesta Essential®, Sonesta ES Suites®, Sonesta Simply Suites®, Red Lion Hotels, Inns & Suites by Sonesta®; Signature Inn® by Sonesta; Americas Best Value Inn by Sonesta™ and Canadas Best Value Inn by Sonesta™. Redefining hospitality through its award-winning Sonesta Travel Pass loyalty program, Sonesta offers guests the opportunity to earn and redeem points for unparalleled value and personalized experiences. Sonesta Travel Pass members receive the best rates, earn immediate points towards free nights, and accelerated status progression based on stays. Join now at sonesta.com/join-travel-pass. For more information about Sonesta visit Sonesta.com.

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Sourcing Journal Launches Visions of Tomorrow, a New Global Supply Chain Innovation Event

July 16, 2026

Sourcing Journal (SJ), the premier voice for sourcing community thought leaders, introduces Visions of Tomorrow, a new flagship event celebrating the innovators, technologies and ideas redefining the global supply chain. Taking place on Monday, July 27, 2026, in New York City, the inaugural gathering will bring together executives from across fashion, retail and technology for an evening of panel discussions, industry recognition and networking focused on the future of sourcing.

As sourcing has evolved from a back-office function into a strategic driver of brand transformation, Visions of Tomorrow reflects the growing influence of supply chain leaders in shaping business strategy, product development and operational excellence. Through conversations exploring artificial intelligence, digital product creation, and next-generation logistics, the event will examine the strategies transforming the industry while honoring the visionaries driving its future.

“Visions of Tomorrow is a testament to the enduring strength and authority of the Sourcing Journal brand,” said Amanda Smith, CEO, Fairchild Media Group. “As the definitive leader in the supply chain and manufacturing space, our role is not just to report on the industry, but to champion the pioneers who are actively redefining the future of the industry. This year’s event honoring visionaries across fashion technology, product and AI innovation is a vital investment in our continued growth, reinforcing Sourcing Journal as the essential, forward-looking voice driving our community's global conversation.”

This year's honorees and speakers include:

Meg Ball, Senior Director, Creative Technology & AI Enablement, Centric Brands
Beth Esponnette, Co-founder, Chief Product Officer & Chair, Unspun
Sandra Gagnon, Senior Director, 3D Digital Product Creation, Target
Carmen Gama, Director, Circular Design, Eileen Fisher
Jessica Murphy, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, True Fit

“Visions of Tomorrow is designed to challenge assumptions, spark new ideas and bring the industry together to explore the innovations shaping the future of sourcing. We're excited to recognize the leaders driving meaningful change while creating a forum for conversations that will help shape what's next,” said Kate Nishimura, Deputy Editor, Sourcing Journal, and Angela Velasquez, Executive Editor, SJ Denim, who will cohost Visions of Tomorrow.

Presented with support from Centric Software and PI Apparel, Visions of Tomorrow reflects Sourcing Journal's commitment to convening the leaders and ideas shaping the future of global sourcing.

Event Details

Sourcing Journal: Visions of Tomorrow

Date: Monday, July 27, 2026

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET

Location: SECOND, 849 6th Ave., New York, NY 10001

Media Credentials: MEDIA RSVP / Abby Kalicka, akalicka@pmc.com

For additional event information, the latest agenda and speaker updates, see HERE.

About Sourcing Journal

Since its founding in 2009, Sourcing Journal (SJ) has become the premier voice for sourcing community thought leaders. Sourcing Journal’s expert editorial team leads the industry conversation with smart investigative journalism, breaking news, analysis of global market conditions. Sourcing Journal reaches a digital audience of 500K+, offers a daily newsletter featuring vital updates on global market conditions, publishes a series of white papers and reports that tackle major global business news and topics throughout the year and hosts 3 thought leader events including the annual SJ Summit in NYC. Published by Penske Media Corporation and part of Fairchild Media Group, Sourcing Journal leads the trade as the destination for apparel and textile executives looking to make sense of an increasingly complex sourcing landscape.

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Sourcing Journal Launches Visions of Tomorrow, a New Global Supply Chain Innovation Event

July 16, 2026

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Penske Media and Rockbridge Growth Equity Enter into Joint Venture in Robb Report

December 30, 2016

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Penske Media and Rockbridge Growth Equity Enter into Joint Venture in Robb Report

December 30, 2016

Today, Penske Media Corporation (PMC) and Rockbridge Growth Equity today announced the formation of a joint venture partnership in Robb Report, the global authority on luxury.

Celebrating its 40^th year, Robb Report continues to be the ultimate source of inspiration and information about luxury products and services. With a focus on quality, craftsmanship and experience, Robb Report curates the best-of-the-best in all categories of luxury in 17 international editions and 9 languages.

“Over the past four decades Robb Report has cemented its position as the world’s leading brand for luxury lifestyle,” said PMC Chairman and CEO Jay Penske. “To bring the Robb Report onto the PMC digital platform is a remarkable opportunity to further propel this pioneering media brand.”

“The partnership with PMC is a strong strategic fit and joining forces will accelerate and drive Robb Report’s future growth,” said Brian Hermelin, Managing Partner for Rockbridge Growth Equity. “The joint venture and PMC’s investment allows us to focus our combined energies on expanding Robb Report’s digital capabilities as well as continuing to improve its print distribution channels and event activation to deliver optimal consumer and advertiser experiences.”

Penske Media today owns and operates more than 20 media brands and over 80 annual events, summits, and live media — making it one of the largest digital media companies in the world. Penske Media is committed to being at the forefront of media convergence, and is well-positioned to grow and evolve the Robb Report business for a broader global audience, specifically by building on its strengths in technology, analytics and digital platforms. PMC and Rockbridge Growth Equity are committed to grow Robb Report’s digital reach and subscription while enhancing its product suite across all channels.

Founded in 1976, Robb Report has offices in Malibu, New York, Florida and Detroit. Rockbridge Growth Equity initially acquired Robb Report in December 2014.

Transaction Highlights:

Under Penske Media and Rockbridge Growth Equity’s ownership, Robb Report will remain the independent authority on global luxury, with a deep focus on digital and live media, and emerging social platforms.
Financial terms and details of the Penske Media and Rockbridge Growth Equity joint venture were not disclosed.
Robb Report’s New York operations will move into the PMC headquarters at 475 Fifth Avenue, and its Malibu operations will transition to the PMC Tower located at 11175 Santa Monica Boulevard.
This transaction follows Penske Media’s purchase last year of Fairchild Media (WWD, FN, M, Beauty Inc.) from Condé Nast, and IndieWire.com in January of 2016.
Honigman Miller Schwartz (Rockbridge Growth Equity) and Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (Penske Media) provided legal counsel.

About Robb Report
Robb Report is the global voice of real luxury, with its fingers on the pulse of the latest superlative products and experiences that today’s modern consumers seek. Our discerning and exceptionally affluent audience looks to Robb Report to inform, inspire, and impress through directional content curated by luxury experts, including coverage of automobiles, aircraft, fine dining, travel, timepieces and fine jewelry, style and design, arts and culture, spirits, and cigars. For more information, visit RobbReport.com and connect with us on Twitter (@robbreport), Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook.

About Rockbridge Growth Equity
Founded in 2007, Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC is a Detroit, Michigan-based private equity firm that invests in financial and business services, consumer-direct marketing, and sports, media & entertainment industries. Rockbridge owns equity stakes in Northcentral University, Protect America, Connect America, Rapid Advance, Gas Station TV, ABUV Media and Robb Report, and is affiliated with other leading businesses in its target sectors including Quicken Loans, the 2016 NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, Title Source and Fathead. Since its inception, Rockbridge Growth Equity has invested more than $500 million of equity in its portfolio of companies. For more information on Rockbridge Growth Equity, visit www.rbequity.com.

About PMC
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media and information services company. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 179 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2016) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, Variety Inc., WWD, Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, BGR.com, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FN, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world. For more information about Penske Media, please visit www.PMC.com.

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Ed Nardoza to Retire, Miles Socha Named WWD EIC

December 16, 2016

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Ed Nardoza to Retire, Miles Socha Named WWD EIC

December 16, 2016

Today, Penske Media’s Chairman and CEO Jay Penske has named Miles Socha Editor in Chief of WWD. Socha, a veteran journalist who has most recently served as WWD’s Executive Editor, Europe, will succeed Edward Nardoza, WWD’s longstanding Editor in Chief.

Nardoza will be stepping down to enter retirement after 25 years in his role and 32 years overall at WWD’s parent Fairchild Fashion Media. He will work closely with Socha through January to seamlessly transition the role and responsibilities.

“It is difficult to leave my WWD family, particularly at such an exciting time with momentum building across the entire WWD organization. However, the time has come for a plan I’ve discussed with Jay for a long time, and we’ve got the right leader in place for the future,” said Nardoza. “It feels good to leave my post in the hands of a journalist as capable as Miles, who I’ve worked with side-by-side for nearly two decades; I know he and the organization’s team of talented, dedicated journalists will successfully steer WWD for years to come.”

In his announcement to the WWD staff on Thursday evening, Penske stated, “Ed is one of the finest editors of his generation. As WWD’s Editor in Chief for the last 25 years, he has impeccably led and built the top news operation across fashion, beauty and retail.”

Penske continued to say, “With Miles, we could not have chosen a more capable, talented and innovative leader to continue Ed’s work. For those of you who know Miles, you absolutely understand my decision; and for those who have not yet met Miles, you will quickly learn why he is the right leader – he’s a smart, driven and fair journalist deeply entrenched in our industry who also brings with him a progressive digital perspective. I look forward to all we plan to accomplish.”

Originally launched in 1910 as a fashion industry daily, and for four decades under the pioneering stewardship of John B. Fairchild, WWD has grown into “the fashion bible” for CEOs, business owners, designers and other thought leaders in the fashion, retail and beauty industries. Owned by Penske Media since 2014, the WWD brand boasts an award-winning weekly print product, a steadily growing Web site, and an innovative digital daily. The business also produces a highly profitable series of year-round global events, including its most recently launched WWD Global Fashion Forum in Asia.

As the WWD brand continues to expand globally, Socha’s experience with international leaders and audiences in the fashion, retail and beauty industries makes for a good fit. Beyond his role as European Editor for WWD, Socha brings to his Editor in Chief role extensive international experience that includes reporting, feature writing and editing for newspapers and magazines in his native Canada.

“WWD is the fashion world’s most vital and dynamic news organization and I feel privileged and honored to lead its global teams,” said Socha. “I look forward to extending this brand’s news leadership as well as its celebration of creativity, just as Ed has done so beautifully for the last 25 years.”

Socha joined Fairchild Fashion Media in 1995, initially covering the designer men’s wear market at DNR before taking on the designer and denim beats at WWD. He became WWD’s Paris bureau chief in 2000 and its European editor in 2008, A journalism graduate from Ottawa’s Carleton University, Socha began his career at the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, a daily newspaper. Socha will relocate to the publication’s New York headquarters from WWD’s Paris office, and will report to Penske Media CEO and Chairman Jay Penske.

Nardoza’s tenure spanned three decades, during which time he became the heart of WWD, guiding the brand through a challenging industry climate while never relenting on the original mission tenets established by Fairchild. Nardoza’s announced retirement includes plans to spend more time with his lovely wife and family. He also plans to finally write a few books.

About WWD

About PMC

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 179 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2016) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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Variety & WWD StyleMakers Awards Honorees + Presenters Announced

November 15, 2016

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Variety & WWD StyleMakers Awards Honorees + Presenters Announced

November 15, 2016

Today, Variety & WWD are celebrating the Second Annual StyleMakers on November 17^th at Quixote in West Hollywood, CA, presented by Anastasia Beverly Hills, Mercedes-Benz and Dyson Supersonic. The iconic publications are coming together with their partners to recognize and celebrate the creative behind-the-scenes talent in fashion, beauty and style that made an impact on the entertainment industry in the past year. For more than 100 years, Variety & WWD have been at the forefront of reporting news on the entertainment and fashion industries.

The full list of honorees as well as list of presenters to date showcases innovators whose work has been seen on hit shows and films as well as in the pages of Vogue and Harper’s BAZAAR and on the red carpet. The final roster of honorees includes fashion designer Zuhair Murad, stylist Petra Flannery, hair stylist Danilo, make-up artist Rachel Goodwin, costume designer Albert Wolsky, style innovator Diplo, style innovator Tracee Ellis Ross and style renegade Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Presenters include Emma Stone, Jen Atkin, Nina Dobrev and Lily Collins.

The event will also include two sets of conversations showcasing unique perspectives from both fashion and entertainment – one with fashion designer honoree Zuhair Murad and WWD West Coast Bureau Chief Marcy Medina and one with costume designer Albert Wolsky, Lily Collins and Warren Beatty along with Variety EIC Claudia Eller.

“We’re delighted to be producing our second annual Stylemakers event, recognizing exceptional talents who are sitting right at the creative intersection of fashion and entertainment,” said Ed Nardoza, editor in chief of WWD.

“We are happy to collaborate with our sister publication, WWD, to honor the creative artists and influential talent at the forefront of the fusion of fashion and entertainment,” said Claudia Eller, co-editor in chief of Variety.

About Variety

Variety remains the seminal voice of the entertainment industry for 111 years and counting. Featuring award-winning breaking news reporting, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players, Variety is the trusted source for the business of global entertainment. Read by a highly engaged audience of industry insiders, Variety’s multi-platform content coverage expands across digital, mobile, social, print and branded events and summits.

In 2015 Variety’s “Actors on Actors” on PBS was awarded the Emmy for best entertainment programming at the Television Academy’s 67th Los Angeles area Emmy Awards. “Actors on Actors,” which is an interview special that features pairings of prominent actors discussing their craft, was produced by PBS SoCal in partnership with Variety Media, LLC. Follow Variety on Facebookfacebook.com/variety; Twitter, @variety; Instagram, @Variety; Pintrest and Snapchat. The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, Indiewire, LA 411, NY 411 – is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

About WWD:

For 100+ years WWD, a property of Fairchild Fashion Media, has been the daily media of record—and THE industry voice of authority—for senior executives in the global women’s and men’s fashion, retail and beauty communities, while also keeping informed the consumer media that cover the market. Often referred to as “the fashion bible,” WWD provides a balance of timely, credible business news and key fashion trends to a dedicated readership of retailers, designers, manufacturers, marketers, financiers, Wall Street analysts, international moguls, media executives, ad agencies, socialites, and trend-makers. As an increasingly complex marketplace heightens the need for information and competitive intelligence, WWD delivers with frequency, integrity, independence, spirited coverage, and a long tradition that demands staffers get the story right and that they also get it first.

ABOUT MERCEDES-BENZ USA

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA), headquartered in Atlanta, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and customer service for all Mercedes-Benz products in the United States. MBUSA offers drivers the most diverse lineup in the luxury segment with 15 model lines ranging from the sporty CLA-Class four-door coupe to the flagship S-Class and the Mercedes-AMG GT S.

MBUSA is also responsible for Mercedes-Benz Vans and smart products in the U.S. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found at www.mbusa.com, www.mbsprinterusa.com and www.smartusa.com.

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS

Founded in 1997 by Romanian-born beauty entrepreneur Anastasia Soare, Anastasia Beverly Hills formulates, manufactures, and markets prestige color cosmetics for a passionately informed “prosumer” audience. The company has received numerous accolades for cutting-edge product trends and industry-wide recognition for digital innovation. Soare was first to introduce and patent the “Golden Ratio” method for eyebrow shaping, popularized by her famous celebrity clientele, which has become a landmark contribution to beauty history.

ABH cosmetics are available at anastasiabeverlyhills.com, Sephora, Macy’s, ULTA, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, and select retailers in over twenty-five countries.

ABOUT DYSON

Dyson is a global technology company. We transform every category we enter with radical and iconic reinventions that work, perform and look very different. We’re growing – fast. Our ambition is huge. We’re about better ideas and better technologies. After four years of intensive research and development, Dyson’s first hair dryer is now available in America. The Dyson Supersonic™ hair dryer is engineered for balance in the hand, uses a fast-yet-focused airflow, and intelligently controls temperature to help protect hair from extreme heat damage. The dryer is a result of $71 million in research and development by a team of 103 engineers. Learn more about the Dyson Supersonic™ hair dryer at http://www.dyson.com/supersonic.aspx.

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Variety Holds 2nd Annual Big Data Summit

November 1, 2016

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Variety Holds 2nd Annual Big Data Summit

November 1, 2016

Today, Variety’s 2nd Annual Big Data Summit will be held at the Montage Beverly Hills on November 10. Keynote conversations for the one-day summit will be led by Randy Freer, President and Chief Operating Officer, Fox Networks Group, Raghu Ramakrishnan, Chief Technology Officer, Data and Technical Fellow, Microsoft and James Taylor, Chief Revenue Officer, Karma Automotive.

An exclusive dinner supporting the Big Data Summit on Nov. 9 will feature a Keynote Conversation with Jim Bell, Executive Producer, NBC Olympics.

The summit provides a thought-provoking forum for executives from Netflix, Microsoft, NFL, Levi Strauss, Facebook, Fox Network Group, Karma Automotive, Twitter, Pandora, The Bleacher Report, GroupM, BuzzFeed and many more to explore how advancing data and analytics operations and technologies are transforming the entertainment industry.

In addition to the keynote headlines, industry leaders including Thomas Hughes, EVP, Worldwide Digital, Lionsgate; Bill Stratton, Head of Data Strategy and Consumer Analytics, Turner Broadcasting; Rahul Telang, Professor, Information Management and Systems, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Frelund, Analytics Expert, NFL Media; Thomas Ciszek, Head of Research, Twitter and other esteemed experts will delve into how content creators and distributors develop a new way to leverage big data to understand and connect with audiences.

Topics include reaching a global audience without borders with data application, how Big Data is changing the face of media, the fight for privacy and security in the digital age and more.

“As the media and entertainment industries deliver a more personalized experience the need to understand all the facets of Big Data are critical,” said Andrew Wallenstein, Variety Co-Editor-in-Chief. “Variety is pleased to provide a platform for major players in our industry to examine how they are embracing data in the digital age.”

Variety’s Big Data Summit is presented by PWC in partnership with USC Marshall School of Business.

ABOUT VARIETY

In 2015 Variety’s “Actors on Actors” on PBS was awarded the Emmy for best entertainment programming at the Television Academy’s 67th Los Angeles area Emmy Awards. “Actors on Actors,” which is an interview special that features pairings of prominent actors discussing their craft, was produced by PBS SoCal in partnership with Variety Media, LLC. Follow Variety on Facebook facebook.com/variety; Twitter, @variety; Instagram, @Variety; Pintrest and Snapchat. The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, Indiewire, LA 411, NY 411 – is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

ABOUT PwC US
At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you, please visit: www.pwc.com.

PwC refers to the PwC network and/or one or more of its member firms, each of which is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.

Learn more about PwC by following the firm online: @PwC_Entcomm, @PwC_Tech, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google +.

ABOUT USC MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

USC Marshall School of Business is the oldest business school in Southern California, set to celebrate its centennial in 2020. From the heart of downtown Los Angeles, USC Marshall and its USC Leventhal School of Accounting are home to innovative educational programming, including top-ranked undergraduate degrees, signature MBA programs and a diverse range of specialized master’s degrees. Executive and Part-Time MBA programs offer a Marshall education to students throughout the greater Southern Californiaregion, while a new and award-winning online MBA delivers the Marshall experience through a digital format.

The cornerstone of a USC Marshall education, at every level, is a grounding in business fundamentals with an entrepreneurial mindset, led by our world-class faculty of scholars and practitioners.

With more than 85,000 alumni across 123 countries, USC Marshall graduates are driving global commerce from the C-suites of Fortune 500 companies and disrupting the status-quo from nimble L.A.-based startups.

ABOUT KARMA AUTOMOTIVE, LLC.
Karma Automotive, an American car company of luxury hybrid plug-in vehicles, is based in Southern California.

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WWD Launches Global Fashion Forum in Beijing

October 20, 2016

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WWD Launches Global Fashion Forum in Beijing

October 20, 2016

Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), the leading source of news for the fashion, retail and beauty industries, today hosted the first annual WWD Global Fashion Forum sponsored by SKP Beijing. The forum brought together a global community of retail and brand executives to explore the economic, consumer retail and design forces that are shaping the future of fashion, in one of the world’s most dynamic fashion markets.

Jiang Qiong Er of Shang Xia at the Women’s Wear Daily Global Fashion Forum in Beijing

The forum examined themes ranging from how the fashion economy is impacting new territories and demographics to consumer expectations, and how brands are transforming the retail experience in the digital age. It also examined themes including brand exclusivity and design eclecticism, including examining the emerging design talent in new markets such asChina.

“It was an honor to speak at WWD’s Global Fashion Forum in Beijing, and share my experiences in building a global lifestyle brand and business,” said Tommy Hilfiger, Principal Designer, The Tommy Hilfiger Group. “Tommy Hilfiger has developed great momentum inAsia with strong consumer awareness, and China in particular is a powerhouse where we continue to invest in new ways to engage, and inspire consumers. We are excited and energized by the unique opportunities the market presents for our brand, and we look forward to what the future holds.”

“Jimmy Choo is considered a late comer to the China luxury market but we have managed to achieve impressive results consistently,” said Pierre Denis, Chief Executive Officer of Jimmy Choo PLC. “Technology, innovation and pop culture will continue to forge our growth in this market.”

“We’re honored to present our forum in Beijing at such a dynamic time for the global fashion and retail industries,” said Ed Nardoza, editor in chief of WWD. “Changes in the past that were merely cyclical are giving way to fundamental, structural shifts. The rules of business engagement are being rewritten and market intelligence has never been more vital.”

This inaugural event was held in conjunction with the International Association of Department Stores (IADS) General Assembly, also held this month in Beijing.

This annual forum will rotate cities in 2017 and the following years. With 30+ annual events, Fairchild Summits & Events brings the editorial properties of Fairchild Media to life by connecting the titans of industry at events designed to inform and inspire. With content curated by WWD’s renowned editorial team, it’s where relationships are born and deals are made.

For more information about Fairchild Summits and the WWD Global Fashion Forum visit http://summits.wwd.com/

About WWD

About SKP

SKP Beijing is the high-end fashion department store company controlled by Beijing Hualian Group. It is also one of the benchmarks among the global fashion department store industry. SKP is the destination of elegant life-styles in Beijing, as well as the leader in high-end fashion department store industry in China. SKP Beijing offers customers with unique and unrivaled experience full of imaginations, innovations and passion.

Press Contact: Amber Mundinger amundinger@wwd.com

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Variety & WWD Announces Second Annual StyleMakers Awards and Honorees

September 12, 2016

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Variety & WWD Announces Second Annual StyleMakers Awards and Honorees

September 12, 2016

The Leaders in Entertainment and Fashion Come Together to Honor Innovators for Their Accomplishments in Both Worlds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, CA (September 12, 2016) – Variety & WWD are celebrating the Second Annual StyleMakers on November 17^th at Quixote in West Hollywood, CA, presented by Mercedes-Benz and Anastasia Beverly Hills. The iconic publications are coming together with their partners to recognize and celebrate the creative behind-the-scenes talent in fashion, beauty and style that made an impact on the entertainment industry in the past year. For more than 100 years, Variety & WWD have been at the forefront of reporting news on the entertainment and fashion industries.

The StyleMakers celebration spotlights innovators whose work has been seen on hit shows like ‘The Voice’ and ‘Friends’ as well as in the pages of Vogue and Harper’s BAZAAR. Honorees to date include fashion designer Zuhair Murad, stylist Petra Flannery, hair stylist Chris McMillan and make-up artist Rachel Goodwin. Three other honorees will be announced in the upcoming months including – Costume Designer, Style Innovator – Female and Style Innovator – Male.

The event will also include two sets of conversations – one with fashion designer honoree Zuhair Murad and the second with the costume designer honoree, still to be announced.

“It’s an honor to have such a significant presence at the second annual Stylemakers event,” said Anastasia Soare, Founder and CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills, a presenting sponsor. “We’re thrilled to be celebrating top talent where fashion, beauty, and entertainment meet.”

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About Variety

Variety and Variety.com provide the industry with the most comprehensive coverage of motion pictures, television and the digital space. With respected and experienced news reporters in Los Angeles, New York and around the world, Variety marries its historic coverage of the entertainment business with a technologically advanced website and new weekly print edition, offering readers the in-depth news coverage needed to remain competitive in the ever-changing entertainment industry. The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, LA 411, NY 411 – is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

About WWD:

ABOUT MERCEDES-BENZ USA

MBUSA is also responsible for Mercedes-Benz Vans and smart products in the U.S. More information on MBUSA and its products can be found at www.mbusa.com, www.mbsprinterusa.com and www.smartusa.com.

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS

ABH cosmetics are available at anastasiabeverlyhills.com, Sephora, Macy’s, ULTA, Nordstrom, Dillard’s, and select retailers in over twenty-five countries.

People

TVLine Promotes Kimberly Roots to Executive Editor

August 15, 2016

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TVLine Promotes Kimberly Roots to Executive Editor

August 15, 2016

Today, TVLine has promoted Kimberly Roots to the newly created position of Executive Editor. Since joining TVLine in June 2012, Roots has established herself as one of the industry’s most unique and entertaining voices, by way of her revealing Q&As (both in writing and on camera), provocative think pieces and insightful and irreverent recaps. (Her Nashville recaps have even earned a cult following among the show’s cast.)

“Kim’s ability to write and publish an artful, perceptive 2K-word Game of Thrones recap within seconds of an episode ending — and without the benefit of an advance screener — makes her a journalistic superhero in my book,” marveled TVLine Founder and Editor-in-Chief Michael Ausiello. “She also has incredible instincts, is ridiculously smart and is one of the coolest people I’ve ever met. And I know a lot of really cool people!”

In her new position as Executive Editor, Kim will play a leading role in planning long-form feature projects. She also will oversee development of new talent for the site (via the evolving internship program) and serve as point person for staff scheduling, creative solutions for day-to-day issues and team building.

“I was a huge TVLine fan before joining the staff, so I continually have to pinch myself that I get to be part of the hardest-working entertainment journalism team in the business,” said Roots. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity to help shape TVLine’s future and broaden our long-form coverage. Small Wonder oral history, here we come!”

About TVLine

Since its launch in January 2011, TVLine has become a household name in trusted television content. Michael Ausiello and his team created the site to help TV enthusiasts cut through the clutter and find the news and updates they crave – from breaking television news to spoilers and deep-dives into favorite shows. TVLine.com is a breaking news source for dozens of media outlets including Yahoo News, New York Times, Rolling Stone and more. For more, visit www.TVLine.com.

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Deadline Sales Director Carra Fenton Promoted To VP Film

August 2, 2016

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Deadline Sales Director Carra Fenton Promoted To VP Film

August 2, 2016

Today, Penske Media Corp has promoted Carra Fenton to VP Film at Deadline.com, where she will lead sales efforts as awards season ramps up. She had been Director of Film and Television. The move is effective immediately.

Fenton, who has been with PMC for six years, relocated to Los Angeles from New York last year to spearhead Deadline’s film sales team. That move came after she was named Sales Director in 2014, tasked with overseeing all film and over-the-top business for Deadline.

“Carra was a great addition to our team when she came on board in 2010, and I’ve enjoyed watching her grow within the PMC family,” said Stacey Farish, PMC’s SVP Entertainment and Publisher of Deadline. “She has truly embraced the film industry, and I look forward to seeing Carra enhance key relationships with our valued partners in the coming months and years.”

Said Fenton: “The momentum and evolution for the film sector now is growing rapidly, and I look forward to further focusing my efforts on this segment. I am thrilled to take on this role while continuing to work with my counterparts in television in New York and the entire talented team at Deadline.”

About Deadline

Deadline Hollywood (Deadline.com) first began in March 2006 as Deadline Hollywood Daily. The site was purchased by PMC in 2009 and has since continued to scale as an authoritative source for breaking news in the entertainment industry, regularly included on lists of top entertainment websites. When news happens, Deadline gets it first, gets it fast and gets it in-depth, making it a must-read entertainment news outlet. Due to its avid audience, Deadline.com’s postings regularly receive more reader comments than all entertainment industry news sites combined and its around-the-clock coverage makes Deadline an authoritative source for breaking news in the entertainment industry.

About PMC
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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Deadline To Hire Michael Cieply as Executive Editor

July 15, 2016

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Deadline To Hire Michael Cieply as Executive Editor

July 15, 2016

Today, Penske Media Corporation’s Deadline.com will be hiring Michael Cieply, the veteran journalist who has covered Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and most recently the New York Times. Cieply will join Deadline as Executive Editor August 1, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the leading news site dedicated to covering the entertainment industry.

“We could not be more excited to welcome Michael to our editorial team,” Deadline co-Editors in Chief Mike Fleming Jr and Nellie Andreeva said. “He has been a pre-eminent journalist in this space for years, with an impeccable reputation for being fearless, fair and ethical.”

“With the addition of Michael, we have significantly augmented an already all-star editorial line-up heading into this year’s Academy season,” said Deadline Publisher and PMC SVP of Entertainment Stacey Farish. “We’re eager to see Michael’s contributions enhance Deadline’s comprehensive offerings for its readers and partners.”

Since 2004, Cieply has been covering Hollywood for the New York Times from the L.A. bureau. He joined as the paper’s movie editor before eventually moving to reporting and writing about the movie business. Prior to that, Cieply was at the LA Times, where he was an editor-reporter in the Business section covering media, music and film. He also was West Coast Editorial Director of Inside.com, a breaking- news and features site covering Hollywood that was, in some ways, a precursor to the now-standard Internet model of breaking entertainment news 24 hours a day.

Previously, Cieply also has worked at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, and co-authored with Lindsay Chaney the 1981 Simon & Schuster book “The Hearsts: Family and Empire.” Cieply is a graduate of the University of Michigan as well as Standford University, where he earned his master’s degree.

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About PMC Press Release
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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IndieWire Names Senior Editor and Adds Digital Critic to Staff

June 27, 2016

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IndieWire Names Senior Editor and Adds Digital Critic to Staff

June 27, 2016

Today, IndieWire, the leading digital brand devoted to curating, reporting, and celebrating the entertainment industry’s creative, independent voices, has named Hanh Nguyen to Senior Editor and hired Jude Dry in the newly created role of Digital Critic.

As Senior Editor, Nguyen will report to Executive Editor, Michael Schneider and will contribute to organizing and strategizing IndieWire TV’s major projects and features as well as tracking trends, covering breaking news, and covering events and festivals such as Comic-Con, Emmys and the Television Critics Association press tour. She will begin her new post on Monday, June 27th out of the PMC owned Los Angeles offices.

“Hanh’s tremendous experience both writing and editing at TVGuide.com and Zap2It.com will serve IndieWire well as we continue to dramatically expand our TV coverage,” Schneider said. “Not only does she have a keen eye for TV worth watching, but she’s plugged in with who’s creating and producing programming during this era of Peak TV. Plus, she has great L.A. restaurant tips, which I will be taking full advantage of.”

Nguyen’s past work experience covering television for digital publications spans more than 13 years. Her most recent role of West Coast Executive Editor for TVGuide.com, where she spent more than five years, allowed her to help shape the tone of the website to be one of the top consumer sites devoted to television by spearheading coverage of events and high-profile shows. Prior to her stint at TVGuide.com, she was an Assistant Editor at Tribune Media Service’s Zap2it.com for eight years, contributing to the television, movie and pop culture coverage for the website. Her work has also appeared in a variety of outlets including LA Weekly, CNET, Gamespot, Tech Republic and TV.com. She began her career working in publicity at then-leading independent production company Carsey-Werner.

As Digital Critic, a newly created role within IndieWire, Dry will cover all forms of new media — from web series to virtual reality — and report to Deputy Editor and Chief Critic Eric Kohn out of the New York base. “Jude’s a fun, feisty writer with her pulse on the zeitgeist of digital culture,” said Kohn. “She is ideally equipped to explore this emerging terrain from a critical perspective.”

Dry’s writing has been featured in numerous outlets including Splitsider, FilmLinc, Galore and Cinespect. She has performed original plays at ARS Nova, Dixon Place, The Atlantic, and Paradise Factory. She was also a participant in IndieWire’s 2013 NYFF Critics Academy. Dry currently resides in Brooklyn.

About IndieWire: Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, IndieWire is the voice of creative independence, covering film, TV, and digital for a passionate audience of content creators, industry and fans.

Follow IndieWire on Facebook facebook.com/Indiewire; Twitter, @indiewire; Instagram, @Indiewire. Indiewire is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

About PMC: Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services
company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the pre- eminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.PMC.com

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WWD Appoints Alex Badia Style Director

June 22, 2016

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WWD Appoints Alex Badia Style Director

June 22, 2016

Today, Penske Media’s WWD today appointed Alex Badia Style Director. Badia, who most recently served as Sittings Director and Men’s Fashion Director for WWD, will be responsible for overseeing all shoots for men’s and women’s fashion, accessories and beauty.

In this newly created role, Badia will work with the photo and art departments together with WWD’s stylists and market editors to continue elevating the fashion identity of WWD’s weekly magazine, digital daily and website.

“Alex’s enterprising skills and creativity can be seen in the success of WWD’s menswear coverage, which is an increasingly influential source of emerging men’s fashion,” said Edward Nardoza, WWD Editor-in-Chief. “We’re eager to see Alex expand his talent for aligning the right photographer, model, location and overall visual concepts across all WWD coverage and platforms.”

Along with developing and executing story ideas with striking visuals, Badia and WWD’s creative team will also seek to maximize WWD’s access to talent by raising the bar on its celebrity portrait photography.

“I look forward to capitalizing on WWD’s incredible access to talent and brands to further cultivate our first-look coverage across all WWD content,” said Badia. “With a weekly that’s more visual than ever it’s exciting to evolve our look toward a bigger-picture identity.”

Badia has been with Fairchild Publications since 2002. He joined as an associate editor of Daily News Record (DNR) and was named Men’s Fashion Director for WWD in 2009. Originally from Barcelona, Alex earned his BBA from the European University in Paris and Geneva, and earned a Masters in Business Studies from London University. In 1996 he came to New York to study Buying and Merchandising at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology).

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About WWD
WWD is the authority for news and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. Featuring daily headlines and breaking news from all Women’s Wear Daily publications, WWD provides the most comprehensive coverage anywhere of fashion, beauty and retail news and is the leading destination for all fashion week updates and show reviews from New York, Paris, Milan and London.

About PMC
Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.
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WWD Appoints Arthur Zackiewicz Executive Editor

June 14, 2016

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WWD Appoints Arthur Zackiewicz Executive Editor

June 14, 2016

Today, Penske Media’s WWD has named Arthur Zaczkiewicz Executive Editor of Strategic Content Development, effective immediately.

This is a new position at the company. Zaczkiewicz, formerly Deputy Editor of Data and Analysis at WWD, will lead efforts to identify, assess, develop and publish special reports, content projects, white papers and new content platforms for WWD to better serve the $1.2 trillion global fashion apparel market.

“The industry is experiencing an incredible evolutionary step, and WWD and Fairchild are responding to these changes by delivering more meaningful and analytical content,” said PMC CEO Jay Penske. “This new role will meet the market’s need for deeper data and actionable information.” In his new role, Zaczkiewicz will work closely with WWD’s editorial, events and sales and marketing teams to deliver content aimed at bolstering the market intelligence of the fashion apparel, retail, accessories, and luxury segments.

“Arthur has been an integral part of the evolution of WWD as we enter this new era,” said WWD Editor in Chief Edward Nardoza. “His experience in news gathering and analysis as well as developing proprietary reports for WWD has positioned WWD as a leader in business reporting of the industry.”

Zaczkiewicz will work with industry stakeholders to bring a new dimension to content delivery as the market experiences seismic changes due to factors such as advances in technology and shifting consumer preferences.

“Arthur’s expansive knowledge of the industry will translate incredibly well to helping us create new revenue streams and ancillary products for our brands,” said WWD SVP and Group Publisher Paul Jowdy.

Zaczkiewicz was named Deputy Editor in March of 2015. Since then, he has published a variety of content that includes data-driven reports, market analysis, breaking news, and industry insights. Prior to this role, Zaczkiewicz served as a Business Administrator with the County of Ulster, New York where he counseled business owners, produced events, and worked with public officials and businesses on a variety of projects. Previously, he served as a Community Educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County. Zaczkiewicz is also a co-founder of the Kingston Land Trust.

Prior to his work in Ulster County, Zaczkiewicz served as Director of Content at Argyle Executive Forum where he produced content for C-level executives across a variety of industries. He also previously served as Senior Editor of WWD and Financial Editor of Fairchild Publications where he led a team of editors and reporters covering the retail and fashion apparel industries. Zaczkiewicz is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz with a degree in journalism and also earned a Master’s in Social Work at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

About WWD:

WWD is the authority for news and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail. Featuring daily headlines and breaking news from all Women’s Wear Daily publications, WWD provides the most comprehensive coverage anywhere of fashion, beauty and retail news and is the leading destination for all fashion week updates and show reviews from New York, Paris, Milan and London. About PMC Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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IndieWire Unveils Website Relaunch

June 1, 2016

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IndieWire Unveils Website Relaunch

June 1, 2016

Los Angeles, CA – Jay Penske, Chairman & CEO at Penske Media Corporation (PMC), today announced that IndieWire.com (which was acquired in January) will introduce a revamped website to coincide with the celebration of its 20th anniversary. IndieWire has long been the leading news, information, and networking site for independent content creators, industry and fans alike and as such this rebrand will be representative of all that IndieWire has accomplished in it’s 20 years of industry expertise. “The relaunch represents our new growth and direction under PMC, and coincides with our expanded TV reporting and analysis for the Emmy season. The new site also means we’re well prepared for summer movies as well as Oscar coverage this fall,” said Dana Harris, the Los Angeles-based Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of IndieWire.

Highlights of the brand’s redesign will feature a new signature logo as well as a prominent video section, improved photo galleries, enhanced content modules and a new dedicated Awards Season tab for Emmy coverage to provide visitors with an overall more user friendly experience. The site will debut a sleeker look that will be easier to navigate both on a desktop and on mobile to encourage user engagement. Additionally, every facet of the site — from film and TV reviews to breaking news stories will be readily available on the IndieWire homepage for easier consumption.

About IndieWire:

Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, IndieWire is the voice of creative independence, covering film, TV, and digital for a passionate audience of content creators, industry and fans.

Follow IndieWire on Facebook facebook.com/Indiewire; Twitter, @indiewire; Instagram, @Indiewire. Indiewire is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

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About PMC

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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Variety Names Sonia Saraiya As TV Critic

May 31, 2016

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Variety Names Sonia Saraiya As TV Critic

May 31, 2016

Los Angeles, CA — Variety has hired Sonia Saraiya as TV Critic. Saraiya, who was most recently the TV Critic at Salon, will be based in Variety’s New York offices starting on June 13. In Saraiya’s new post, she will provide expert reviews and analysis alongside Chief TV Critic Maureen Ryan.

“I’m delighted to welcome Sonia to our team at Variety. She has a smart, compelling point-of-view, and her incisive commentary will be an invaluable addition to our coverage of the ever-expanding TV business,” said Debra Birnbaum, Executive Editor, TV for Variety.

Her hire comes on the heels of several other significant Gotham staffing changes, in Variety’s continued efforts to bolster their NYC presence, such as the addition of Owen Gleiberman as Chief Film Critic and the recent promotion of Ramin Setoodeh to New York Bureau Chief.

Variety’s chief TV critic Maureen Ryan said, “I could not be more thrilled that Sonia is joining the TV team at Variety in NYC. She is a critic who brings a lively combination of insight, wit and precision to her work, which I have admired for many years. We’re so lucky she’s coming on board, and speaking personally, I’m excited at the prospect of continuing to learn from her as a co-worker, instead of simply as a fan of her interviews, analyses and critiques.”

Prior to her stint at Salon, Saraiya was the Assistant Editor: TV Club for The A.V. Club where she helped shape television coverage and tone for the TV section of the website. Her previous work has appeared in a variety of outlets, including Jezebel, Nerve, The Rumpus, and the Internet media incubator betaworks.

“It’s an honor to join the Variety team and add my voice to such a storied publication. I’m particularly excited to be sharing critical responsibilities with Maureen Ryan, an amazing television critic who I also count as a friend and mentor. I know that along with the rest of Variety’s brilliant reporters, we are going to make an amazing team covering the television industry during this particularly rich and tumultuous creative era,” said Saraiya.

Saraiya is a graduate of Brown University.

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About Variety: Variety remains the seminal voice of the entertainment industry for 111 years and counting. Featuring award-winning breaking news reporting, insightful award-season coverage, must-read feature spotlights and intelligent analysis of the industry’s most prominent players, Variety is the trusted source for the business of global entertainment. Read by a highly engaged audience of industry insiders, Variety’s multi-platform content coverage expands across digital, mobile, social, print and branded events and summits.

In 2015 Variety’s “Actors on Actors” on PBS was awarded the Emmy for best entertainment programming at the Television Academy’s 67th Los Angeles area Emmy Awards. “Actors on Actors,” which is an interview special that features pairings of prominent actors discussing their craft, was produced by PBS SoCal in partnership with Variety Media, LLC. Follow Variety on Facebook facebook.com/variety; Twitter, @variety; Instagram, @Variety; Pintrest and Snapchat. The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, Indiewire, LA 411, NY 411 – is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

About PMC: Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the pre-eminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.PMC.com

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Penske Media Names George Grobar Chief Operating Officer

May 24, 2016

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Penske Media Names George Grobar Chief Operating Officer

May 24, 2016

Los Angeles, May 24, 2016: Penske Media Corporation (PMC) today appointed George Grobar Chief Operating Officer. Grobar, who most recently served as Executive Vice President for the company, will be responsible for working with PMC business leaders to develop growth plans and achieve PMC’s operational and financial plans across its impressive portfolio of brands (Variety, WWD, Footwear News, Deadline, Indiewire, TVLine, Hollywood Life, Gold Derby, Variety Latino).

“George is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership experience,” said Jay Penske, PMC Chairman and CEO, to whom Grobar will report. “Over the last decade, George has been one of the single greatest contributors to PMC’s success and relentless growth. His knowledge and expertise will undoubtedly continue to be instrumental as we continue to scale the business globally.”

With PMC’s aggressive expansion plans, the company’s scale and number of businesses continue to grow. As Chief Operating Officer, Grobar will be focused on ensuring the smooth and effective integration of acquisitions, continuing to expand PMC’s digital footprint, and working with the leadership teams across the company to deliver improving financial and business performance.

“PMC has been rapidly expanding and there are tremendous opportunities for growth in both our current businesses and ones we will undoubtedly be adding,” said Grobar. “PMC is one of the few companies on the internet that can boast having profitable brands across our entire portfolio. That is something we are truly proud of, and would not be possible if we did not have such powerful brands as well as truly world-class people throughout the company. Getting the chance to work with this team is rewarding and I look forward to the challenges ahead.”

Grobar will be overseeing all PMC sales and operations. He will also be responsible for all organizational plans and budgets company-wide. Grobar joined Penske Media in 2009 and, in addition to his new COO role, he will continue to serve as a Director on the PMC Board as well as on the Board of PMC’s joint venture in India with Zee TV. Grobar joined PMC as Chief Financial Officer and was actively involved in integrating several new acquisitions into the company, building the PMC join venture operations in India (which includes India.com, Bollywoodlife.com, The Health Site, Cricket Country and BGR India). Grobar also played a lead role in the integration of the Variety and Fairchild operations.

Grobar came to PMC with over two decades of financial and operational experience in new media, consumer products and technology enterprises. Prior to joining PMC, Grobar spent 13 years at The Walt Disney Company, and 8 years in manufacturing and product development at Unisys Corporation. Grobar was the Senior Vice President of Disney Mobile, where he led the launch of a new strategic business from the ground up, competing with major players for share of mobile phones in the family market. Before moving to Disney Mobile, George held several senior positions in Disney business units including Vice President of Disney Ecommerce, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Disney Direct Marketing and Walt Disney Art Classics, and the Director of Business Operations & Control for the Consumer Products Division Controllership.

George has a B.A. degree in Economics and English, magna cum laude, from Amherst College in Massachusetts and an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan.

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About PMC

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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Indiewire Taps Michael Schneider As Executive Editor

March 23, 2016

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Indiewire Taps Michael Schneider As Executive Editor

March 23, 2016

Schneider to Make Move From Top Editor Role at TV Guide to Lead TV Coverage at Expanding IndieWire.com

LOS ANGELES, CA—March 23, 2016: Penske Media Corporation (PMC) has tapped Michael Schneider to serve in the newly created role of Executive Editor of Indiewire, the leading digital brand devoted to curating, reporting, and celebrating the best in film, TV, and entertainment.

At Indiewire, Schneider will oversee the site’s growing TV team and help greatly expand its coverage of the industry, including breaking news stories, in-depth reports, features, and commentary on all aspects of television – from the executive suite to Emmys to programming. He joins Indiewire on April 11 and will report to Indiewire Editor in Chief Dana Harris.

“His deep connections in the industry and solid reporting skills make him the perfect hire to expand Indiewire’s coverage of television business, features, news, and programming,” said Harris.

“I look forward to working with Dana in making Indiewire the first place readers go to learn about the revolution in how television is produced, distributed, and consumed,” said Schneider. “I’ve enjoyed watching Jay Penske continue to grow PMC into a media powerhouse, and am thrilled to now be a part of his team.”

Schneider’s work as an Editor-at-Large for Variety brings him back to a brand where he previously served as TV Editor for Variety and Daily Variety, a post he held from 1999 through 2011.

Previously, Schneider was the Chief Content Officer at TV Guide Magazine, a premier publication devoted to television where he also helped launch the website TV Insider. Schneider is also a regular contributor to Los Angeles public radio station KCRW, where he hosts “The Spin-Off,” a podcast about the TV industry, and also appears on the Hollywood-focused radio program “The Business.”

As a television expert, Schneider has appeared on ABC “World News Tonight” and “Primetime Live,” NBC’s “Today” show and “Dateline NBC,” CBS’ “Early Show,” “Access Hollywood,” E! News Daily, CNN, MSNBC, NPR and many other programs and outlets.

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ABOUT PMC

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.PMC.com.

ABOUT INDIEWIRE

Indiewire, the leading digital brand devoted to curating, reporting, and celebrating the best in film, TV, and entertainment. Branded the “online heartbeat of the world’s independent film community” by Forbes and dubbed “best indie crossroads” by film critic Roger Ebert, Indiewire is a two-time winner of the Webby Award for best entertainment website. Indiewire launched in July 1996 and in January 2016 joined Penske Media Corporation’s portfolio of leading global media brands. For more information, please visit www.indiewire.com and follow the latest updates at @Indiewire on Twitter.

ABOUT VARIETY

Variety and Variety.com provide the industry with the most comprehensive coverage of motion pictures, television and the digital space. With respected and experienced news reporters in Los Angeles, New York and around the world, Variety marries its historic coverage of entertainment business with technologically advanced website and new weekly print edition, offering readers the in-depth news coverage needed to remain competitive in the ever-changing entertainment industry. The Variety Group – Variety, Variety.com, Variety Insight, LA 411, NY 411 – is owned by Variety Media, LLC, a division of Penske Media Corporation.

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Veteran Journalist Anne Thompson Joins Indiewire Staff as Editor-at-Large

March 10, 2016

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Veteran Journalist Anne Thompson Joins Indiewire Staff as Editor-at-Large

March 10, 2016

Los Angeles, March 10, 2016: Indiewire, which was acquired earlier this year by Penske Media Corporation (PMC), is adding seasoned journalist Anne Thompson to its full-time editorial staff. She will move from her blog, Thompson on Hollywood, to expand her six-year relationship with Indiewire as Editor-at-Large, working closely with Editor-in-Chief Dana Harris. Indiewire is also celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year.

Thompson will also serve as Awards Editor, overseeing not only awards coverage during the Oscar corridor, as she has in the past, but also for Emmy® season, as Indiewire broadens its television content.

Thompson will be based in Los Angeles, reporting to Harris and working closely with New York Deputy Editor (and “Screen Talk” podcast partner) Eric Kohn to supervise the Indiewire editorial staff in PMC’s Los Angeles and New York offices.

Many TOH writers, including below-the-line and animation expert Bill Desowitz, TV columnist Matt Brennan, and box office analyst Tom Brueggemann, will continue as Indiewire contributors.

“We are excited to have Thompson join our team full time and we look forward to embracing her creative ideas as we enhance Indiewire’s TV content in myriad ways,” said Harris. “Thompson will boost our newsroom’s ability to deliver thought-provoking and compelling editorial coverage, infused with the independent sensibility Indiewire readers expect.”

“I’m delighted to help Indiewire become the best that it can be, while taking on the television awards beat,” said Thompson. “We’ll cover must-watch smart television via video, podcasts, predictions, and industry analysis, and profile the top showrunners and talent, focusing on their artistic journeys.”

Prior to Indiewire, Thompson was a columnist at Variety, where she founded “Thompson on Hollywood” in 2007 after serving as deputy film editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where she launched its first blog, “Riskybiz.” She was West Coast Editor at Premiere, Senior Writer at Entertainment Weekly, Risky Business columnist at the LA Weekly and the LA Times Syndicate, U.S. Editor of Empire, and West Coast Editor of Film Comment. She has also written for The New York Times, More, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Popular Mechanics, Sight & Sound and The Guardian, among other outlets.

ABOUT INDIEWIRE

The leading news, information, and networking site for independent-content creators, the industry and fans, Indiewire launched on July 15, 1996 and is a two-time winner of the Webby Award for best entertainment website. Indiewire was lauded as a “must read” by Variety, branded the “online heartbeat of the world’s independent film community” by Forbes, and dubbed “best indie crossroads” by film critic Roger Ebert. For more information, please visit www.indiewire.com and follow the latest updates at @Indiewire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

ABOUT PMC

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the preeminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc., BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world.

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Variety Hires Carolyn Horwitz as Managing Editor

January 20, 2016

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Variety Hires Carolyn Horwitz as Managing Editor

January 20, 2016

Los Angeles, January 20, 2016: PMC-owned Variety has hired seasoned journalist Carolyn Horwitz as Managing Editor, in a move aimed at bolstering and expanding the leading source of global entertainment news across its print, digital and video platforms. Horwitz will be based in Variety’s Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Co-Editors-In-Chief Claudia Eller and Andrew Wallenstein. She will help oversee newsroom operations and the Variety editorial team of more than 50 staffers in the PMC-owned company’s L.A. and New York offices. “We are ecstatic to have Carolyn join our team and we look forward to embracing her creative ideas as we grow our Variety content and brand in a myriad of ways. Carolyn brings to the job a combination of ingenuity, confidence and strong editorial and management skills,” said Eller and Wallenstein. Horwitz joins Variety from Entrepreneur magazine, where she had served as Executive Editor since 2011. She previously held key editorial roles at Billboard, among other magazines. Additionally, she has written and edited several books on design and architecture. “I’m thrilled to be joining Variety,” she said. “The magazine has made great strides in recent years, and I look forward to working with Claudia, Andy and the others on the team to build upon that momentum. It’s an honor to be part of such an iconic publication.” Horwitz will work closely with the EICs and the art and photo departments on the creation and execution of fresh ideas for the magazine each week. She will also collaborate with the EICs, Variety creative director Chris Mihal and PMC creative VP Nelson Anderson on producing the next evolution of Variety’s successful weekly magazine. During her four-year tenure at Entrepreneur, Horwitz helped conceive special sections, features and columns and was part of two magazine redesigns. At Variety, Horwitz will help coordinate long-range planning of cover assignments, feature packages and photo shoots. Prior to Entrepreneur, Horwitz, a graduate of Brandeis University, served as editorial director for Architecture/Interior Press, and spent the earlier part of her career, from 1995 to 2005, at Billboard, New York, where she worked her way up from copy editor to managing editor.

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About PMC Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading digital media, publishing, and information services company that engages with audiences across the web, television, mobile, print and social media. PMC’s owned and operated brands reach more than 170 million visitors monthly (comScore, 2015) and Penske Media was recently named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. With the pre-eminence of its brands, PMC is one of the largest digital media companies in the world, publishing more than 20 digital media brands, including its India.com joint venture with ZEE TV in India and Variety Latino joint venture with Univision Communications Inc. PMC additionally owns and produces more than 80 annual events, summits, award shows and conferences while housing a dynamic research and emerging data business. As of 2016, PMC businesses include: PMC Studios, WWD, Variety Inc., Deadline.com, Fairchild Media, M, India.com, GoldDerby.com, FootwearNews.com, TVLine, CricketCountry.com, Hollywood Life, Beauty Inc, BGR, AwardsLine, Bollywood Life, BPB.in, LA411, NY411, Variety Insight, and Indiewire.com. The company is headquartered in New York, NY and Los Angeles, California with an additional 11 offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.PMC.com.

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