Trades
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| In one sentence | The nickname for the movie industry's own news publications, especially Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. |
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| Category | Film and Television |
| Related | Green Light, Studio |
Every industry has its own inside news source that regular people might never read, but that everyone working in that business checks constantly. For the movie business, those publications are called the trades.
The trades most often means Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, two publications that report on deals, green lights, box office numbers, and everything else happening inside the film and television industry.
Fun facts
- Announcing a deal "in the trades" is how the industry has traditionally made news like casting or financing official and public.
- Studio executives, agents, and producers read the trades closely every day to keep track of what everyone else in the business is doing.
- Even though regular moviegoers rarely read them, the trades can move an entire project forward or backward just by reporting on it.