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Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997.<ref name=IndieWire/>
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 tech black and white style, the publication was able to scoop traditional Hollywood trade dailies ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' due to the delay these latter publications had for being printed in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=July 2017}}
The site was acquired by [[Snagfilms]] in July 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snagfilms-acquires-indiewire-115818|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=Goldstein|first=Gregg|title=SnagFilms acquires IndieWire|access-date=August 12, 2021|date=July 16, 2008}}</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." In 2011, with the launch of a redesign, the site changed the formal spelling of its name from indieWIRE to IndieWire.
[[Penske Media Corporation|Penske Media]] acquired IndieWire on January 19, 2016. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.<ref name=Variety>{{cite
==Description==
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{{As of|2021}}, the company is a subsidiary of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', which is part of Penske Media.<ref name=About/> It has a staff of 26 people, including publisher James Israel, editor-in-chief Dana Harris-Bridson, chief critic Eric Kohn, editor-at-large [[Anne Thompson (film journalist)|Anne Thompson]] and senior critic David Ehrlich.<ref>{{cite web|title=Team|website=IndieWire|date=February 27, 2021|url=https://www.indiewire.com/team/|access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>
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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=IndieWire/>
In 2002, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine recognized IndieWire, along with seven other entrants, in the "Cinema Appreciation" category, as a "Best of the Web Pick," describing its best feature as "boards teeming with filmmakers" and its worst as "glacial search engine
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=August 12, 2021}}</ref>
==Critics Poll==
{{Main|IndieWire Critics Poll}}
The IndieWire Critic's Poll is an annual poll by ''IndieWire'' that recognizes the best in American and international films in a ranking of 10 films on 15 different categories. The winners are chosen by the votes of the critics from ''IndieWire''.
==See also==
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