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Peter Bart Denies Covering for Harvey Weinstein: I Was Protecting Variety

He tells WaxWord: “My policy was to say: ‘Let’s run the story if you can nail it. But if you can’t, then let’s not”

By
Sharon Waxman

October 19, 2017 @ 3:10 PM

News
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Peter Bart Accused of Coddling Harvey Weinstein as Variety Editor

“The trades were kind of a gray area of journalism in the ’80s and ’90s,” a Variety insider tells TheWrap

By
Jon Levine

October 18, 2017 @ 1:00 PM

Media
1:00 PM
Hollywood Take Note: Lionsgate’s ‘Divergent’ Could be a Cost-Effective Blockbuster

After a summer of tentpole melt-downs, Lionsgate's risk-averse strategy looks sound

By
Brent Lang

August 9, 2013 @ 8:40 AM

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Is Variety Chief Peter Bart Gay-Marrying Bill O’Reilly? Something Smells Hoax-y Here…

Variety honcho Peter Bart — or at least someone claiming to be him — says it's L-U-V between him and Fox News pundit Bill O'Reilly

By
Tim Kenneally

June 27, 2012 @ 12:20 PM

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Good Morning Hollywood, March 29: Sex, Lies and Peter Bart’s Shaky Memory

Peter Bart’s memory gets hazy, Terrence Malick’s dates are changing, and Sophia Loren gets a bargain night at the Academy

By
Steve Pond

March 29, 2011 @ 7:31 AM

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Who Left Variety, and Where They Went

Variety has hemmoraghed so much editorial talent over the past year that it’s hard to keep track. Here’s a tally

By
Wrap Staff

December 12, 2010 @ 9:53 PM

9:53 PM
Bart and Guber Yakking for KNBC

The “Shootout” duo, already set to launch a talk show for Encore, will host a companion series on the NBC Los Angeles flagship.

By
Josef Adalian

November 30, 2009 @ 10:59 AM

10:59 AM
Bart, Guber Reunite for Show on Encore

“Shootout” team set for for weekly news/interview show, “In the House.”

By
Variety

October 6, 2009 @ 6:28 PM

6:28 PM
Variety Struggles to Meet the Future

More layoffs at Variety; trade to charge for some online content.

By
Lauren Horwitch

April 14, 2009 @ 6:42 PM

6:42 PM
New Variety Editor Tim Gray Gets Grilled

“You have to keep evolving, changing. This is another change. But it’s not going to be radical.”

By
Sharon Waxman

April 6, 2009 @ 3:05 PM

3:05 PM
Peter Bart: “It’s Time for a Reinvention”

Moving aside after 20 years for his deputy Tim Gray, Bart says, “It’s time for a reinvention.”

By
Sharon Waxman

April 5, 2009 @ 6:24 PM

6:24 PM
What Would You Pay to Own Nikki Finke? (update 2)

Updated again on Thursday afternoon: A reader who owns a digital business takes issue with Nikki’s comment on the same post (linked below) that this month she "celebrates (DHD’s) 3rd anniversary and 50 million unique users." He writes that this is impossible: "Every time 1 person comes to your site, it’s a unique. It doesn’t matter if…

By
Sharon Waxman

March 25, 2009 @ 1:43 PM

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