Los Angeles Times Opens The Envelope
October 31 2005 - 6:59PM
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Newspaper Launches Website Covering Major Entertainment Industry
Awards In-Depth and In-Focus LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ --
The Los Angeles Times announces today that on November 1st, 2005 it
will launch The Envelope (http://www.theenvelope.com/), the
entertainment industry's most comprehensive, year-round awards show
Website. Providing essential, up-to-the-minute insider coverage
throughout the awards season and beyond, The Envelope will feature
breaking news and analysis of all things awards: business, fashion,
celebrities, predictions, trends and pre- and post-show coverage.
An insider's resource, The Envelope is an original content,
multimedia Website featuring exclusive in-depth reporting, photo
galleries, videos, podcasts, lists, forums, polls, expert
roundtables, archives and analysis of awards shows by some of the
biggest names in entertainment journalism, including writers from
the Los Angeles Times. The Website will also provide access to more
than 80 years of unparalleled awards show coverage from the
archives of the Los Angeles Times. "The Envelope will be the
destination for everything awards, from sharp commentary to the
glamour of the red carpet," says Joel Sappell, the Los Angeles
Times executive editor/interactive. "The Envelope represents the
most ambitious online initiative launched by the company since the
Web version of the Los Angeles Times was introduced in 1996." In
addition, The Envelope will be home to exclusive content from
Hollywood awards expert Tom O'Neil, whose popular awards Website,
http://www.goldderby.com/, was recently acquired by the Los Angeles
Times as the ideal complement to The Envelope's news coverage.
O'Neil is a respected entertainment journalist, on-air personality
and author, whose books Movie Awards, The Emmys and The Grammys
make him the ultimate awards show authority. The Envelope will be
all things awards: Fashion -- who is wearing what and how they are
wearing it; Celebrity -- who are the biggest names and the
brightest lights during the awards season; Industry -- every aspect
of the business of entertainment and awards shows; Dish -- all the
behind-the-scenes drama and intrigue of the awards races; Shows --
the Web's best start-to- finish coverage. The Envelope will be the
most extensive awards show resource -- online or offline -- for all
the major awards shows, including The Academy Awards, The Golden
Globes, The Grammy Awards, The Screen Actors Guild Awards and The
Independent Spirit Awards. Plus, The Envelope will provide extended
coverage of leading indicator shows, including The Writers Guild
Awards, The Producers Guild Awards, British Academy of Film and
Television Awards and The Directors Guild Awards. The Envelope will
draw on The Los Angeles Times' top critics, feature writers and
entertainment business reporters, as well as a new cast of insider
analysts and bloggers, for content exclusive to the Website. The
Envelope's executive producer is Scott Robson, a former founding
editor and editor-in- chief at E! Online, and a contributing writer
and editor for Variety and The New York Times. Featured editorial
contributors to The Envelope will include: Elizabeth Snead, veteran
fashion and entertainment writer (USA Today, Washington Post) whose
columns on E! Online and the LA Daily News set the standard for
awards show fashion commentary and party coverage. Brandon Gray,
Boxofficemojo.com founder, publisher and editor, whose commentary
and analyses are closely followed by industry insiders. Steve Pond,
former Premiere magazine Academy Award tracker, and a long-time
Academy Award chronicler, will blog on all things Oscar. James
Bates, Los Angeles Times' entertainment business editor, will offer
weekly insight and perspective on the critical business trends,
issues and players as they relate to the major awards. About The
Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune Publishing
company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country
and the winner of 37 Pulitzer Prizes, including two this year. The
Times publishes five daily regional editions, for the Los Angeles
metropolitan area, Orange County, Ventura County, the San Fernando
Valley, and the Inland Empire of Riverside and San Bernardino
counties, as well as a National edition. Additional information
about The Times is available at http://www.latimes.com/mediacenter.
DATASOURCE: Los Angeles Times CONTACT: Roy Bodner, +1-323-662-2264,
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http://www.theenvelope.com/
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