Hearst Magazines Names Debi Chirichella as Interim Replacement for Ousted President

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterMarc Malkin has been named Variety’s senior culture and events editor.Malkin’s new duties include helping to steer the editorial content of the weekly magazine, with an emphasis on expanding lifestyle and culture coverage as well as a focus on how the entertainment community is responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with 10 bidders, Searchlight Television, along with Darren Aronofsky and his Protozoa Pictures, have won the television rights to David Gauvey Herbert’s New York Magazine article “Boss of The Beach” for series development.Search is underway for a writer to pen the adaptation, which Herbert will executive produce.Herbert’s June 23, 2020 article, published in New York Magazine‘s Intelligencer, chronicles the hopes, dreams

NEW YORK -- Five high school juniors, residing everywhere from Lake Worth, Florida, to Saratoga, California, have been named National Student Poets. A partnership between the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the student poet program was launched in 2011, with winners contributing to community programs and and poetry events and performing their work everywhere from Lincoln Center to the White House.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group (WMG) has named Dr. Maurice Stinnett head of global equity, diversity and inclusion.

New York Times, he insisted, “I definitely was not having an affair with Amber while she was married to Johnny, this is totally false,” before addressing the “salacious” threesome allegations.“We did not have the threesome, you know.

After denying claims of having an affair with Amber Heard, Tesla CEO Elon Musk jokingly challenged Depp to a “cage fight” for threatening to cut off his manhood, according to his recent interview with The New York Times.

In a move expanding the news outlet's presence in Hollywood, The New York Times has named Caitlin Roper executive producer for scripted projects. Roper, who has been a senior editor at The New York Times Magazine since 2016, will develop Times stories for film and TV, "developing and producing alongside Hollywood producers using our stories as the launching point for fictional projects," Times assistant managing editor Sam Dolnick wrote in a memo to staff Monday morning.

Elon Musk has responded to Johnny Depp's accusation that he had an affair with Amber Heard during their marriage and is challenging the actor to a "cage fight."The Tesla founder said in an interview with The New York Times that he "definitely was not having an affair with Amber while she was married to Johnny." He called the accusation "totally false." Musk also refuted a scandalous claim that he had a threesome with Heard and Cara Delevigne."We did not have the threesome, you know.

Elon Musk has jokingly challenged Johnny Depp to a “cage fight” over allegations he had an affair with the actor’s ex-wife Amber Heard during their marriage.

Elon Musk has a suggestion for how he and Johnny Depp can settle their differences — and it would make one heckuva WWE pay-per-view.

Oprah Winfrey's monthly magazine will cease printing after its December 2020 issue, according to a report by Business of Fashion. The staff of O: The Oprah Magazine, which was founded by Winfrey and Hearst Communications, was informed of the decision on Friday.

accusations that he made lewd and sexist remarks to his employees.In a memo sent to staff on Thursday, which was published online, Hearst CEO Steven Swartz said Young’s resignation was “effective immediately.”“Troy Young and I have agreed that it is in the best interest of all of us that he resign his position as president of Hearst Magazines, effective immediately,” Swartz wrote.Young’s resignation comes a day after the New York Times reported that Young created a “toxic” work environment and

said on Wednesday.Levien, who is currently the news organization’s chief operating officer, will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8 and serve on the company’s board after it unanimously voted on Tuesday to elevate her to the role.“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead The New York Times.

report from the New York Times also says that current and former staffers at Hearst’s Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines said that Young described a “toxic” work environment under Young.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorTroy Young, who beat out internal rivals to become president of Hearst Corp.’s magazine division in 2018, has presided over a “toxic” culture and made numerous sexist and lewd remarks, the New York Times reported.The Times story on Wednesday followed outrage about Hearst’s magazine operation that has surfaced on social media in recent weeks.

Swiss bank UBS has struck an exclusive 20-year naming rights deal with Oak View Group, the New York Islanders, and Sterling Project Development for the $1.5 billion arena being built at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY -- just outside of Queens.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterEgomeli Hormeku has been appointed Senior Vice President & Creative Director, Def Jam Recordings, company EVP and GM Rich Isaacson announced.

Tony Elliott was the founder of Time Out, the print and online magazine that offers entertainment and dining recommendations in cities across the world.Elliott founded the first Time Out magazine in London in 1968, when he was just 21 years old and a university student. In 1995, Time Out New York was launched, and over the years, it further expanded to reach 328 cities in 58 countries.