Variety News and Activities

Variety is owned by Penske Media. Penske Media has a direct presence in 2 countries.

Penske Media has 15 subsidiaries including BGR Media, Billboard and Deadline Hollywood.

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• Media63%
• Newspapers25%
• Other13%

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Most searched biographies at Variety

• Ramin Setoodeh, Co-President and Co-Editor-in-Chief
• William Earl, Executive Digital Director
• Cynthia Littleton, Co-Editor-in-Chief

Popular executive movements at Variety

• Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, Chief Executive Officer, will leave the company in Dec. 2025  (posted on November 11 2025).
• Ramin Setoodeh who was Co-Editor-in-Chief, becomes Co-President and Co-Editor-in-Chief  (posted on November 11 2025).
• Dea Lawrence, who was Chief Operating and Marketing Officer, is promoted to Co-President and Publisher  (posted on November 11 2025).

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Popular executive movements at Penske Media

• Martin Reynolds has joined the company as Senior Director, Programmatic Sales  (posted on November 10 2025).

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Penske Media has 195 competitors including New York Times Company (United States (USA)), Financial Times (United Kingdom (UK)) and The Wall Street Journal (United States (USA)).

Popular M&A news in Newspapers

• Axel Springer has acquired The Telegraph (posted on July 1 2026).
• Cafeyn has announced the acquisition of Readly  (posted on April 6 2026).
• Axel Springer has announced the acquisition of The Telegraph  (posted on March 10 2026).

Popular contacts in Newspapers

• Marcus Roy - Chief Financial Officer at The Economist Group
• Lara Boro - Chief Executive Officer and Director at The Economist Group
• Adrienne LaFrance - Executive Editor at The Atlantic

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