VARIETY PLUCKS TWO REPORTER EDITORS

Daily Variety has poached the editor of its rival, the Hollywood Reporter. Cynthia Littleton, who became the editor of the Reporter one year ago, will become deputy editor for news development at Variety. She will be joined at the trade publication by the Reporter's deputy film editor, Anne Thompson, who like Littleton is expected to push initiatives on Variety's website. In a statement appearing in Variety today, editor-in-chief Peter Bart said that the online edition of the trade publication "is developing a voice that is separate and distinctive from" the print publication and that Littleton and Thompson are expected to "play a pivotal role in nurturing this distinctive content." Meanwhile, L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke reported on her website that the Reporter executives have told staff that they are "looking outside for 'a big, big,name'" to replace Littleton.

06/03/2007