Variety (magazine)

Variety
Cover of the October 2014 issue
Editor-in-ChiefRamin Setoodeh (co-editor)
Cynthia Littleton (co-editor)
CategoriesTrade, entertainment
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherMichelle Sobrino-Stearns (CEO & Group Publisher)
Dea Lawrence (COO/CMO)
Paid circulation85,300
FounderSime Silverman
First issueWeekly:
December 16, 1905 (1905-12-16) in New York City
Dailies:
1933 (1933) in Los Angeles
1998 (1998) in New York City
CompanyPenske Media Corporation
CountryUnited States
Based inLos Angeles, California, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Websitevariety.com
ISSN0042-2738
OCLC60626328

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, Daily Variety was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. Variety's website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar.