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Maybe it's an act of contrition on Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' part after he told The Hollywood Reporter that Americans are so "self-absorbed" that they wouldn't even notice that they pay $1 more than Canadians do for their monthly fix of Netflix movies. Hasting recently announced that, in the...

The Hollywood Reporter needs a new strategy, but the one it has chosen -- replacing its daily print edition with a glossy weekly magazine aimed at consumers and luxury advertisers -- may be worse than preserving the status quo.

Just about every major periodical is pondering a move to paid digital content, but most are taking an oh-so-gingerly approach, trying to figure out how to coax some fresh revenues out of readers without taking a big hit in traffic and advertising. Not Variety, though. The Hollywood trade paper is...