Variety

Variety

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

Revenue

Founded

1905

Headcount

748

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Entertainment

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On June 15, 2026, Variety, alongside Out, documented actress Laverne Cox's assertion that her income dropped 90% over two years, which she attributed to policies under Donald Trump's administration targeting trans rights and DEI initiatives. Previously, on June 11, actor Tracy Morgan, 57, utilized a new Variety interview to pivot from comedic anecdotes to advocate for colon cancer screenings. This followed Variety's May 27 hiring of Corbin Bolies from The Wrap to cover the expanding intersection of artificial intelligence and the entertainment business, a beat becoming central to strategic discussions across Hollywood, television, streaming, and digital media. Earlier, on May 11, Variety received 100 nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2025 SoCal Journalism Awards, which included four Journalist of the Year finalists: Daniel D’Addario for print, Brian Steinberg for online, and Brent Lang and Chris Willman for entertainment.

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Jun

15th

2026

10:56

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

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

The Digital Weekly

Jun

15th

2026

01:00

On the variety generated by all semirings of order two

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

Jun

11th

2026

09:43

Tracy Morgan's Advice on Colonoscopies for Older Adults

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

May

27th

2026

11:21

Management Changes, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Variety Expands AI Coverage With Hire of Media Reporter Corbin Bolies

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

May

11th

2026

13:14

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

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

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

Apr

24th

2026

18:23

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

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

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

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Apr

21st

2026

08:19

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

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

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

Apr

12th

2026

15:44

New Sunshine Coach Donated to South Shields School Through Charity Partnership

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

Newcastle Magazine

Apr

8th

2026

18:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

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

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

O'Melveny & Myers

Apr

8th

2026

14:27

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

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

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

Kendall Brill Kelly

Apr

7th

2026

18:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag

Variety Features Robert Freeman and Anthony Oncidi in 2026 Legal Impact Report

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2026 – Proskauer is proud to share that partners Robert (“Rob”) Freeman and Anthony (“Tony”) Oncidi have been recognized in Variety’s 2026 Legal Impact Report. The annual feature profiles the top entertainment attorneys making a significant impact on the industry.

Mar

31st

2026

12:31

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

NBCU Television Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe and Apple Services VP Oliver Schusser Join Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit

Variety has announced additional speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles. Speakers will include NBCU Television Chairman Pearlena Igbokwe; Apple’s VP of Music, TV, Sports, Podcasts, and Beats, Oliver Schusser; supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham and Netflix Games President Alain Tascan.

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