Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media AnalystVariety is continuously refining and improving the process of selecting its Variety500 each year.
But five years in, the fundamental strategy behind deciding who makes the list hasn’t changed much.That’s because the principles underpinning Variety500 are what they’ve always been: To honor excellence among executives and creatives across the world who have distinguished themselves most.
Defining “excellence” and “distinguished” isn’t always an easy matter, but here at Variety, we’ve got it down as close to a science as you can get.But Variety500 is not a science.
Judgments are rendered according to subjective assessments that balance what someone has accomplished over the past 12 months.
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