Elizabeth Wagmeister Departs Variety to Join CNN in Key Entertainment Reporting Role
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Variety chief correspondent and rising star Elizabeth Wagmeister is heading to CNN, where she’ll cover the entertainment beat for the news cabler, based in Los Angeles.
Wagmeister was a driving force who helped Variety reclaim its role as the most-read, No. 1 entertainment news source in the business (often doubling its competition in Comscore rankings).
At Variety, she served as an on-camera reporter, as well as a writer, penning widely-seen cover stories on the Kardashian-Jenner family, Kelly Ripa, Olivia Wilde and Colton Underwood — stories that often created their own buzz and news cycle.
Wagmeister is also a dogged reporter who led Variety’s coverage of the Harvey Weinstein trial and other #MeToo stories, and extensively covered the Britney Spears conservatorship case.
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