Variety Staffs Up for Music Industry Coverage

PMC publication poaches Billboard duo of Shirley Halperin and Jem Aswad

There has been a flurry of staff changes in the past few weeks at Variety. Senior film writer James Rainey announced he was moving on to a position in with NBC News Digital in Los Angeles starting March 27. Joe Bel Bruno was tipped as incoming managing editor, beginning April 10. And now comes word of a double-barreled shot fired by Variety across the bow of Billboard/THR.

In a bid to expand the PMC publication’s coverage of the music business, Shirley Halperin (pictured) and Jem Aswad have been recruited.

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