Talk:Variety (magazine)
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[edit] Article Could Use Some Work
This article sometimes refers to Variety as a magazine and sometimes as a newspaper. It's really neither -- it's a trade publication, or a hybrid of both.
This article could use some cleanup work. It never makes clear which are the three editions: it's actually East Coast, West Coast, and Weekly.
Some mention of the controversial editor Peter Bart is probably also in order.
I also find the claim somewhat dubious that a "significant portion" of the pub's ad revenue comes from Oscar "for your consideration" ads. I think some solid stats are in order to back up that claim. David Hoag 07:46, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Some NPOV issues...
Specifically concerning this paragraph regarding "The Hollywood Reporter":
"Daily Variety's down-the-street competitor, The Hollywood Reporter, avoids showbizzy headlines in favor of a contemporary newspaper reporting style, and without bastardizing the English language. The papers have a long history of bad blood, but editorial talent migrates between them."
The tone implies that THR is superior because of its stylistic choices. Furthermore, the statement is fundamentally false, because although THR's headlines are historically slightly tamer than Variety's, THR uses many of the same headline conventions (a recent headline, "You Ho Hum: It's 'Pirates' again", for example). The next sentance, which implies that Variety, unlike THR, "bastardizes" the English language, rather than use a contemporary reporting style, is also tonally biased and factually incorrect. Although THR doesn't use uber-Variety slanguage, like "boffo" or "whammo," they do employ liberal use of "slanguage" such as: skein, sked, netlet/weblet, ankle, topper, and tix.
Filmmakker 17:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
