• by Tony Silber , December 15, 2021

Janice Min, the high-profile magazine-industry editor and executive who helmed US Weekly and later the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, is teaming with the founder of the buzzy entertainment-industry newsletter The Ankler to build out a larger media business.

Min served as editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter, leading a revamp of that trade publication into a glossy magazine. In 2014, she became co-president of Billboard, as well as the Hollywood Reporter. She joins the veteran journalist and entrepreneur Richard Rushfield as co-owner of the new Ankler Media. She will also serve as CEO-editor in chief, TheNew York Times reported.

The Ankler, launched by Rushfield in 2017, was described by the website LAist at the time as “industry gossip served with a healthy side of snark. The behind-the-scenes Hollywood intel is as solid as anything you'll find in the trades, but it's delivered without a shred of the sycophancy that so often sneaks its way into mainstream entertainment news.”

The newsletter is now subscription-based with a daily frequency.

Min’s and Rushfield’s plan, according to the NYT, is to retain The Ankler as the company’s flagship and launch more newsletters, plus live events and podcasts beginning in January.