Variety is a weekly American entertainment-trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York in 1905 as a weekly; in 1933 it added Daily Variety, based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry; in 1998 it brought out Daily Variety Gotham, based in New York. Variety.com is a paid site of news, reviews, archives, box office results, credits database, production charts and calendar, with content dating back to 1914. The last daily printed edition was put out on March 19, 2013.
The San Diego Film Festival is a five-day international film festival that takes place annually in San Diego, California and is produced by the non-profit San Diego Film Foundation. Held in September in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla, the festival is a showcase for independent filmmakers. The festival features competitive juried categories including narrative feature films, short films and documentary films, Native American and Music for Film.