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Variety

U.S. entertainment-industry trade press, center-left-leaning on politics

Variety is a Hollywood trade publication owned by the privately held Penske Media Corporation. It is a business-focused entertainment outlet, and its politics are mild and center-left, mostly visible in opinion and culture pieces. Its coverage of the Trump administration is mostly neutral, centered on how policy affects the film and TV business, such as tariffs, media mergers and regulators.

Owned byPenske Media Corporation (PMC), a privately held company led by founder and CEO Jay Penske. PMC bought Variety in 2012 from Reed Elsevier. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala has been a minority investor in PMC since 2016.

LeaningU.S. entertainment-industry trade press, center-left-leaning on politics

On the administrationmostly neutral

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3.3average bias score across 6 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

4 Netflix Third-Quarter Profit Tops Estimates; Company Lowers 2026 Ad Revenue Forecast to About $2.7 Billion From $3 Billion, and Shares Fall About 6% Premarket
4 Paramount's $31-a-Share Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Set to Close Oct. 6; Combined Company to Be Named Skydance
4 Paramount Asks Federal Judge to Make 12 States and the Writers Guild Post a $1.88 Billion Bond in Merger Case
2 Judge Extends Freeze on Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery Deal; Companies Agree to Hold Off Closing Until 2027
3 Federal Judge Grants 14-Day Restraining Order Pausing Paramount Skydance's Purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery
3 Netflix Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Results Amid Debate Over Advertising Growth Versus Viewer Engagement