Anne Thompson on the Future of Hollywood Trades

It’s been a tumultuous year for Hollywood’s trade publications: layoffs at Variety; The Hollywood Reporter sold to new owners. Yet, with the growth of Deadline Hollywood and the emergence of The Wrap, not all news was bad news in the trade world this year. So who came out on top? Former Variety deputy editor Anne Thompson weighs in on her Thompson on Hollywood blog.

Variety is still too big to survive if it doesn’t make drastic changes, but I am not sure they care about adapting to the ways of the online world.

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