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How to Pitch: Variety Weekend

This entertainment biz spinoff helps Hollywood industry honchos know what to do when they're off the clock

September 8, 2006

Circulation: 31,622
Frequency: Weekly
Special issues: None

Background: Variety, the granddaddy of entertainment newspapers, launched this lifestyle section aiming squarely at the rich and influential. While Daily Variety is read by virtually everyone in Hollywood, Variety Weekend's typical reader is a top-level executive -- female or male -- pulling in $400,000 a year.

The publication contains up to 11 sections ranging from charities to travel, each in 600 words or less, and all but a few are open to freelancers. Variety Weekend editor Dana Harris seeks ideas from writers with news sense who are obsessed with ...

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