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{{Short description|Film industry and review website}}
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'''IndieWire'''
==History==
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The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for [[independent film]]
Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997.<ref name="Wired97">{{cite news |first= Janelle |last= Brown |title= Indie Film News Service No Longer Free |date= December 22, 1997 |newspaper= [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |url= https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/12/9312 |access-date= 2011-05-22 |archive-date= 2012-10-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073648/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/12/9312 |url-status= live }}</ref>
In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] to begin their coverage of film festivals; it offered ''indieWIRE: On The Scene'' print dailies in addition to online coverage. Printed on site, in low
The site was acquired by [[Snagfilms]] in July 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Gregg |title=SnagFilms acquires IndieWire |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snagfilms-acquires-indiewire-115818 |access-date=11 December 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 July 2008 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211134412/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snagfilms-acquires-indiewire-115818 |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 8, 2009, IndieWire editor Eugene Hernandez announced that the site was going through a re-launch that has been "entirely re-imagined
[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Media]] acquired IndieWire on January 19, 2016. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<ref name=Variety>{{cite web|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 19, 2016|title=Penske Media Acquires Indiewire|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/penske-media-indiewire-1201682719/|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=December 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219093011/https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/penske-media-indiewire-1201682719/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The focus of IndieWire initially was independent film, but has grown to encompass mainstream film, television, and streaming media.<ref>{{cite web |title=About IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/about-us/ |website=indiewire.com |date=25 May 2016 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206061908/https://www.indiewire.com/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="About Us"/> IndieWire is part of [[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Media]].
It has a staff of 26 people, including publisher James Israel, editor-in-chief Dana Harris-Bridson, editorial director Kate Erbland, digital director Christian Blauvelt, and editor-at-large [[Anne Thompson (film journalist)|Anne Thompson]].<ref>{{cite web |
==Reception==
In ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', in 1997, Janelle Brown wrote: "Currently, IndieWire has little to no competition: trades like ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' and ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' may cover independent film, but from a Hollywood perspective, hidden by a huge amount of mainstream news. As filmmaker Doug Wolens points out, IndieWire is one of the few places where filmmakers can consistently and reliably keep on top of often-ignored small film festivals, which films are opening and what other filmmakers are thinking."<ref name="Wired97"/>
In 2002, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine recognized IndieWire, along with seven other entrants, in the "Cinema Appreciation" category, as a "Best of the Web Pick
In 2012, IndieWire won the [[Webby Award]] in the Movie and Film category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Webby Awards 2012|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2012/web/general-website/movie-film/indiewire-website/|access-date=2018-01-15|archive-date=2018-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004520/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2012/web/general-website/movie-film/indiewire-website/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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