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The Hollywood Reporter was founded on the 3rd of September 1930, by William R. "Billy" Wilkerson as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. Wilkerson ran the publication until his death in September 1962.
Billy Wilkerson's "Tradeviews" column, published on the 29th of July 1946 under the headline "A Vote for Joe Stalin," contained the first industry names on what became the Hollywood blacklist. Eight of the eleven people Wilkerson named were among the "Hollywood Ten" who were blacklisted following House Un-American Activities Committee hearings in 1947. W. R. Wilkerson III published an apology in the magazine's 2012 investigation into his father's role, stating his father was motivated by revenge for his thwarted ambition to own a studio.
Janice Min, recruited in 2010 by CEO Richard Beckman, converted the daily trade paper into a glossy, large-format weekly magazine with a revamped website. Ad sales grew more than 50% and website traffic increased by 800% following her hire. By 2013, Hollywood insiders were calling the publication "the new Vanity Fair."
As of September 2020, Penske Media Corporation assumed day-to-day operations of The Hollywood Reporter through a joint venture with MRC known as PMRC. Todd Boehly pulled out of the joint venture on the 5th of August 2022, buying back the assets he had contributed, including The Hollywood Reporter.
The Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot is an annual feature The Hollywood Reporter has published since 2013, in which anonymous Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members explain their voting choices for the Academy Awards. The Washington Post called it "the best part of Oscar season." In April 2023, the Academy introduced rules aimed at curtailing the feature, but The Hollywood Reporter has continued to publish it.
The Hollywood Reporter has launched editions in Japan (February 2023), Italy (April 2023, though that edition entered judicial liquidation in April 2025), India (2024), Latin America and Spain (2025), and Germany (October 2025). The Japanese edition focuses on anime and local talent agencies; the Indian edition is edited by Anupama Chopra.