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Variety

American weekly entertainment trade magazine
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Summary

Variety is a weekly newspaper[1]. Variety ranks in the top 1% of weekly newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,860 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: entertainment newspaper[5]
  • Founder: Sime Silverman[6]
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information[7], Penske Media Corporation[8]
  • Genre: trade magazine[9], entertainment journalism[10]
  • Headquarters location: Los Angeles[11]
  • Place of publication: Los Angeles[12]
  • Commons category: Variety (magazine)[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Has part(s): Variety 1954 Vol 196 No 5[16], Variety 1954 Vol 196 No 6[17]
  • Inception: December 16, 1905[18]
  • Official website: https://variety.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Variety (magazine)[20]
  • Main subject: theatre art[21], film industry[22], film[23]
  • Described at URL: http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/47566[24]
  • Described by source: Media History Digital Library[25]
  • Title: Variety[26]
  • Different from: Variety[27]
  • Publication interval: 1 week[28]
  • Derivative work: Daily Variety[29]
  • Dewey Decimal Classification (works and editions): 790.205[30]

Why It Matters

Variety has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Variety is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

What awards did Variety receive?

Honors received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[3].

Related Entities

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms film Los Angeles New York City theatre United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Retrieved . lantern.mediahist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . The Guardian. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . The Guardian. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . German Union Catalogue of Serials. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Classify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Classify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Classify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . German Union Catalogue of Serials. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . SUDOC. Retrieved . npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  2. 9w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → weekly newspaper, entertainment newspaper
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  4. 22w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → weekly newspaper, entertainment newspaper
    Inception → +1905-12-16T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin → United States
    Language of work or name → English
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