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Who is Rob Bonta and Why is California's Attorney General Doggedly Pursuing Paramount?

Holywater Tech Chief Bogdan Nesvit on the Explosive Growth of Microdramas: 'We Are Well Positioned to Win'

It's Time to Say Goodbye to 'Daily Variety' and Hello to 'Strictly Business Daily'

Daily Variety -- A Grand Celebration of 'Big Brother' With Julie Chen Moonves, Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan

Daily Variety -- A New Chapter for Variety's ‘Daily Variety’ and ‘Strictly Business’ Podcasts

Amazon Courts Creators to Build Businesses and Scale the Attention Economy for Brands

Daily Variety -- Documentary Filmmaker Rory Kennedy Sounds the Alarm About Air Safety With 'Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing'

Daily Variety -- How ‘Dateline’ Became a Multiplatform Content Dynamo for NBC News

Daily Variety -- Ryan Murphy Talks Norman Lear, Emmy-Nominated Showrunners Weigh in on TV’s Future

Daily Variety -- How Chris Carter Got His Second Shot at ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Film

Daily Variety -- Leslie Iwerks Trains Her Lens on ‘Disney Worldbuilding’ With James Cameron, Jon Favreau, Kevin Feige, Peter Docter and More

Retired Athletes Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil Return to Sports as Team Owners in YouTube Docuseries 'We Are Osos'

Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

Daily Variety -- Will Paramount Bail on the Golden State? Dodger Great Orel Hershiser on Broadcasting, Baseball and Faith

Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

Daily Variety -- Summer Box Office Will Surpass the $4 Billion Benchmark

NBCUniversal Media Group Chief Matt Strauss on Growing Peacock, Testing Membership Rewards and Becoming a Daily Habit With Users

Daily Variety -- Fear, Loathing and Endless Potential: AI4 Conference Takes Stock of Transformative Technologies

Daily Variety – It’s Tick-Tock Time for Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger as Judge Sets March Trial Date

Daily Variety -- National Comedy Center's Journey Gunderson on Preserving Humor as History

Daily Variety – It’s a Brand New Day for the Box Office Thanks to ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘The Odyssey’

Music Fans Shrug Off Ticket Price Hikes to Keep Summer Concert Business Humming

Daily Variety -- California Film Commissioner Colleen Bell Talks State Tax Incentive Battles, Hollywood’s Future and More

Madison Wells Balances Art, Commerce and Audience Demands to Back Movies, TV Shows, Live Events

Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Travis Scott Ascends to Culture Moguldom Through Music, Movies, Retail, Business and More

Daily Variety -- Reba McEntire Revels in 50 Years of Making Music and Season 3 of NBC’s ‘Happy’s Place’

Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Gets a Second Wind in PVOD With Extended Director's Cut

Daily Variety – Box Office: Christopher Nolan Gets Moviegoers Out in Force for the Trojan Horse

Jon Miller on Media Merger Mayhem: ‘Globalization is Winning’

Daily Variety -- Cover Story: What’s Fueling the Box Office Rebound and How Can Hollywood Keep it Going?

Daily Variety – How NBC’s ‘Must See TV’ Branding Campaign of the 1990s Changed America’s Viewing Habits

Daily Variety -- What’s Next for Paramount-Warner Bros. as State AGs Sue; Columbia University’s Eric Talley on Why the Case May Lead to Merger Concessions

Daily Variety -- Box Office: ‘Moana’ is Disney Misstep; ‘Young Washington’ Director Jon Erwin on Making Indies Work at the Multiplexes

Politics Puts a Spotlight on the Production Exodus From California and Other U.S. Filming Hubs

Daily Variety –- James Corden Reunites 'The Late Late Show' Team for Fox's 'After Hours' World Cup Show

Daily Variety -- Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules

Daily Variety -- What’s Driving Microsoft’s Massive Overhaul of Xbox?

Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Minions and Monsters’ Delivers Tepid U.S. Debut in a Muted July 4th Weekend; Why Comcast’s Sky is Buying ITV

Strictly Business From Cannes Lions: Leaders From NBCUniversal, IBM, State Farm, Autodesk and Coinbase on Consumer Trends, AI and Reaching Audiences Amid Fragmentation

Daily Variety -- How David Fincher and Zach Cregger Secretly Shaped Netflix’s Game-TV Hybrid 'Unhinged'

Daily Variety -- So Long, LeBron! What the Lakers Shakeup Means for the NBA and for L.A.'s Sports Star Power

Daily Variety – CNBC Chief KC Sullivan on Transforming the Linear TV Business in a Global World: ‘We’re Very Much on Offense’

Daily Variety -- Box Office: ‘Supergirl’ Stumbles, ‘Toy Story 5’ Flexes and ‘Michael’ Hits a Milestone; Why Comcast is Splitting NBCUniversal and Sky From Cable

'Strictly Business' Live From Cannes Lions: AWS, Deloitte and Sony Pictures Execs on Getting Your 'Hands Dirty' With Tech and Data to Solve Hard Problems

Daily Variety -- 'Abbott Elementary' Exec Producer Justin Halpern Juggles TV Series and a New Novel

Strictly Business Cannes Lions Edition: Fox's Rob Wade and Billy Parks Hope to Bring Scale to the Creator Economy

Eddy Cue and Jerry Bruckheimer talk ‘F1’ Sequel – Brad Pitt ‘Would Like to Get in That Car Again’ – and Apple’s Evolution in Movies and TV in Cannes Lions Sitdown With Variety

Daily Variety –- ‘Toy Story 5’ Opens Big and So Does Cannes Lions

Ken Ziffren Tackles a New Spin on Fin-Syn and Reflects on Six Decades of Hollywood Lawyering

Daily Variety -- Owen Gleiberman Unpacks Why We Love ‘Toy Story’: ‘Some of the Greatest Movies Ever Made About Childhood’

Daily Variety -- Latino Donor Collaborative Makes the Business Case Why Hollywood Loses Money by Ignoring Latinos

Daily Variety -- Hollywood's Problems Intersect With California Politics Like Never Before as Showbiz Rallies Around a Federal Production Tax Incentive

Daily Variety -- 'Disclosure Day' Adds to Summer Box Office Momentum; Why Fox is Buying Roku

Mike Hopkins on Prime Video’s Evolution, the Bundling Boom, How MGM Changed Amazon, the Future of Bond and No Regrets on 'Melania'

Daily Variety – David Harbour Finds a Port in the Storm in ‘DTF St. Louis’; ‘Toy Story 5’ Red Carpet Rundown

Daily Variety -- How NBC Created the Broadcast Network Paradigm and Other Firsts; Andy Cohen Reflects on 20 Years of 'Real Housewives'

Daily Variety -- 'GTA 6,' Xbox Exclusives, Paramount Revs Game Studio and More From Summer Game Fest

Daily Variety -- 'Scary Movie' Tops Box Office as 'Masters of the Universe' Stumbles

Credit Risks: Top S&P Global Ratings Analyst Breaks Down the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Daily Variety -- '60 Minutes’ Explodes With Firings, a Hiring and Questions About the Venerable News Program’s Future

Daily Variety -- All3Media’s Jane Turton Talks Banijay Merger and What She’s Learned From David Zaslav, John Malone and Jeff Zucker

Daily Variety -- 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession' Rattle the Box Office as Gen Z Embraces its Own Horror Helmers

Daily Variety -- 'The U.S. Against the World' Director-Producer Rand Getlin Documents the Road to the World Cup

Daily Variety -- Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and the Brawl in the L.A. Mayoral Race

Daily Variety -- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' and a Magnificent 'Obsession' Drive Holiday Box Office

When Cultures Collide: What Big Brands Need to Reach Gen Z and Gen Alpha Consumers

Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Michael’ Returns to No. 1 as Exhibitors Brace for ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and the Start of Summer Blockbuster Season

Did OpenAI Kill What Disney's 'Super App' Needs Most?

Daily Variety – Upfronts 2026: What We Learned From TV's Biggest Platforms; Crafting the Music of ‘Heated Rivalry’

Daily Variety -- ‘Survivor’ at 50: What Makes CBS’ Reality Franchise So Durable?

Daily Variety – Tech Talk, Streaming, Sports and Reboots Dominate Upfronts; NBCUniversal’s Liz Jenkins on Risk-Taking Amid Disruption

Daily Variety – Upfronts 2026: Disney’s Rita Ferro Details the Mouse House’s Cross-Platform Push, Embracing Live and Connecting Grammys, Super Bowl and the Oscars for the Biggest Brands

Inside the Unprecedented Growth of Hasbro's Magic: The Gathering and Trading Card Game's High-Stakes Pro Competition

Daily Variety -- Kate del Castillo Brings 'La Reina del Sur' Back to Telemundo for Season 4: 'Teresa Mendoza Will be Touching Hell,' She Promises

Daily Variety – Cover Story: How Javier Bardem Tackles Cannes – and Hollywood -- on His Own Terms

Daily Variety -- How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are Saving Moviegoing; 10 Questions With Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds

Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Steps Lively and Repeats

Why Hollywood is Increasingly Leaning on Gaming Platforms to Promote Movies

Daily Variety – Happy Anniversary, Television! Looking Ahead to Variety’s TV Week Events and Looking Back at the Medium's Launch at the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Daily Variety -- Cover Story: Kacey Musgraves Embraces Her Silly Side With 'Middle of Nowhere' Album and Tour

Daily Variety – Aaron Tracy Explores the Life of the Author Who Excited Children’s Imaginations in ‘The Secret World of Roald Dahl’

Daily Variety – Box Office: Record Opening for ‘Michael’ Thrills Exhibitors and Fans; Surprise Madonna Appearance Lights Up West Hollywood

NBCUniversal's Pearlena Igbokwe on the Return of Pilots, the Value of Co-Viewing and Threading Shows Through Broadcast and Streaming Platforms

Daily Variety – Tina Knowles on Dressing Destiny’s Child in the Early Days; Ashley Graham on Fighting for Plus Size Women and Starring in ‘Chicago’

Daily Variety -- Why the Warner Bros.-Paramount Deal 'Symbolizes Big Changes in the Industry'

Daily Variety -- Hollywood Wants to Know More About Tim Cook's Successor at Apple; BookCon Returns With Focus on Romantasy and Adaptations

Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Mother Mary’ Shows Promise, ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Not So Much; CinemaCon Buzzes About Windows and Warner Bros.

Betches Media CEO and Founder Aleen Dreksler on Building a Digital Hub for Women With Comedy and Community

Daily Variety – Hollywood Marshals Opposition to Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. Will It Matter?; ‘Lorne’ Measures the Man Behind ‘SNL'

Daily Variety – What Did the Writers Guild of America Achieve in its Four-Year Contract With Studios and Streamers?

Daily Variety -- Coachella vs. Couchella -- Debating the Experience; Big Moments From Karol G, Addison Rae, Sombr, Slayyter, Clipse, Wet Leg, Jamie xx and More

Daily Variety -- Box Office: 'Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Holds Strong for Universal; John Waters Cruises to His 80th Birthday

Filmmaker Paul Feig Talks Test Screenings, Loving Popcorn Movies and Bringing Fans Back to Theaters

Daily Variety – Cannes Film Festival Slate Prizes European Auteurs; Patricia Glaser Defends Casey Wasserman and More From Variety’s Power of Law

Daily Variety – The Inside Scoop on the Farewell Season of ‘Hacks’; Power of Law: Ziffren Institute Chief Cindy Lin on Cutting-Edge Issues for Entertainment Law

Daily Variety -- Andra Day on Why She Supports No Kid Hungry's Campaign to End Childhood Hunger: 'It's of the Utmost Importance'

Daily Variety -- 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Illuminates the Box Office But Leaves Room for 'Project Hail Mary'

How Streamer BritBox Shapes U.K. TV Strategy Through Success With American Audiences

Daily Variety – Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Holds on Tight to No. 1; Why ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ is Launching a Streaming App

'Love Story' Producers Brad Simpson and Nina Jacobson on the Fateful Final Episode, Working With Ryan Murphy and FX and Why They Support Producers United