Anne Thompson Defects to Variety

Another bit of Premiere-mag related breaking news has just made it (18 hours after popping up on Reuters) to my virtual desk: Anne Thompson, former Premiere scribe and most recently deputy film editor of the Hollywood Reporter, is leaving that trade for its rival, Variety. She's been named deputy editor of Variety.com. Anne was an early supporter of the film site I started, Cinematical, I've long been a regular reader of her Risky Business column at THR (see the latest installment, a profile of SXSW's Matt Dentler). I can't wait to see what she brings to the Variety party.