No. 24 overallNo. 3 in Entertainment & Sport
The Hollywood Reporter
Sharp entertainment business journalism with standout magazine covers and roundtables.
2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 8.5
- Influence20%
- 8.8
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.5
- Design & craft15%
- 8.6
- Digital experience15%
- 8.7
- Reach10%
- 8.6
8.5 × 25% + 8.8 × 20% + 8.5 × 15% + 8.6 × 15% + 8.7 × 15% + 8.6 × 10% = 86.2
At a glance
- Founded
- 1930
- Publisher
- Penske Media Corporation (through PMX Global, LLC)
- Ownership
- Owned by Eldridge Industries (Todd Boehly) from 2017. Penske Media has run it since 2020, first through a joint venture with MRC. Site footers in 2026 describe it as part of PMX Global, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Media Corporation; PMC's 2026 brand lists also include former Vox Media titles.
- Based in
- Los Angeles, United States
- Published
- Weekly
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- hollywoodreporter.com
Ranking history
How The Hollywood Reporter has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 24 | No. 3 in Entertainment & Sport | 86.2 | First edition |
About the magazine
US entertainment trade publication founded in Los Angeles in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson as a daily trade paper, covering film, television, music and the business of Hollywood. In 2010 it moved from a daily paper to a large-format weekly print magazine, and it also runs a website, video series and industry events.
Distinctions
- 2025: American Society of Magazine Editors award for best cover (stated on THR's masthead page)
Sources for these facts
- foundeden.wikipedia.org
- publisher (site footer)hollywoodreporter.com
- frequencyen.wikipedia.org
- frequency (2025 and 2026 issue dates)magazineshop.us
- notablehollywoodreporter.com
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