More variety.Tribune Media Services Tribune Media Services ("TMS") is a syndication company owned by the Tribune Company. The company is divided into two divisions, "News and Features" and "Entertainment Products". , syndication See syndication format. arm of Tribune Co., is starting an entertainment news wire service that will use content from Variety, the trade paper that competes with the Tribune-owned Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). in covering Hollywood. When the entertainment wire launches Sept. 26, it will include stories from the daily and weekly editions of Variety, its Web site and VLife, a lifestyle magazine published by Reed Business Information Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia. It is a division of Reed Elsevier. In 2005, Reed Business Information started the Quill Awards, a literary award broadcast on NBC. , the owner of the Variety Group. "The quality of material generated by Variety on entertainment on any given week would trump that of any other publication or outlet," said John Twohey, vice president of Tribune Media Services. Twohey said his comments weren't a slap at the Times, which he noted is aimed at a more general audience. Times editors did not respond to messages seeking comment. Staff reporter James Nash can be reached at (323) 549-5225, ext. 230, or at jnash@labusinessjournal.com. |
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