HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO HOLLYWOOD REPORTER celebrating it's 75th year in biz......
click on thumbnail to see HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 75th Anniversary online edition (partial view). CONGRATS!
EXCERPT FROM PUBLISHER ROBERT DOWLING'S MESSAGE: of course HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S publisher Robert Dowling includes a special message to readers in today's start of the anniversary celebration for THR (as it's called in the biz -- we call it THE REPORTER or HOLLYWOOD REPORTER leaving off the "THE":
MESSAGE FROM HOLLYWOOD REPORTER PUBLISHER: 
Seventy-five years ago, W.R. "Billy" Wilkerson gave this industry an identity.He was the visionary who saw the promise for a daily newspaper serving what was then still a small-town, provincial business but one poised to explode into a worldwide cultural phenomenon.During the next six months, as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Hollywood Reporter, we will take you on an editorial excursion to examine how the industry's identity has changed since The Reporter debuted on Sept. 3, 1930.
Click on thumbnail to see cover of the first THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER September 3, 1930 courtesy of today's online edition. Note that the logo appeasr to have stayed very similar or even the same over the years.
(continuing Publisher Robert Dowling's comments: This business has grown and expanded exponentially during the past eight decades. We are looking to capture the details, mood, atmosphere and attitudes of earlier eras to learn what the past can tell us about our present and our future.Our anniversary series begins today with a look at Wilkerson and the tumultuous time in which The Reporter was born. We'll continue with special anniversary-themed sections every month, in addition to a range of other retrospective features, through September, when we'll commemorate our diamond anniversary with a special edition focused on what the next 75 years will bring to this great industry. (Hollywood2020 can't wait to see that issue...maybe Dowling will give us a preview-- blogger Joyce Schwarz knows Dowling from when she was consultant for the HOLLYWOOD FILM COMMISSION in the early 90's --couldn't be a nicer guy--elegant and accessible.
Hollywood2020 can't wait to hear what kind of stories the OLD and NEW Hollywood types send in response to Dowling's request: "If you have stories you'd like to share with our readers, let us know. We have plenty of time and would like to include them.Happy 75th!"Robert J. Dowling Editor-in-chief and publisher The Hollywood Reporter
Virtual gifts to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: since Diamonds are Forever...we did a little computer window shopping on google images and came up with a few great gifts to celebrate the 75th Anniversary:
of course-- Marilyn Monroe with what else Diamonds-- the perfect photo for celebrating THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's 75th anniversary.
and a thumbnail of a poster for IAN FLEMING's "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER"
Link to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE ONLINE: The Hollywood Reporter 75th Anniversary In case your invitation to the 75th anniversary party this week got lost in the mail-- stop by on the 22nd to see: 'Hollywood Reporter Blvd' sign unveiling
Thurs., Sept. 22 Unveiling of street sign at Hollywood & Highland to read "Hollywood Reporter Blvd" for one day. 11 a.m.
6700 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood.
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