Key Highlights
- Longeretta will oversee all features and new business development for Focus, which encompasses sponsored edit as well as a range of other subjects, including festivals, FYC coverage, impact lists, lifestyle, travel, industry anniversaries, milestones and pop culture coverage.
- In leading the Focus department, she will work closely with Carole Horst, deputy editor of Focus and one of Variety’s longest-serving staffers.
- Related Stories Josh D'Amaro Is Disney's Next CEO, Replacing Bob Iger Disney CEO Bob Iger Pay Package Rose 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8 Million; Board to Announce His Successor Soon With the promotion, Longeretta will report to Ramin Setoodeh, Variety’s Co-President and Co-Editor in Chief, and Cynthia Littleton, Co-Editor in Chief.
- Popular on Variety “In her four years at Variety, Emily Longeretta has proven herself to be a thoughtful, driven editor with her finger on the pulse of culture,” Setoodeh said.
- “We are thrilled that, in her new role, she will driving the development of features and longform stories in our award-winning magazine.” Littleton praised Longeretta as a true team player who is well known and well liked in the industry.
