On Sept. 11, 2001, after the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. in history, Variety reporters and editors swung into action to put out the daily paper.
\n\nThis was the lede on the multi-bylined top story in the Sept. 12 edition of Daily Variety: “It was the day the world stopped. The real world and the play world.” Variety’s first print edition following the attacks ran 20 pages, mostly stocked with coverage of the day’s events and their aftershocks. The issue was fronted by a banner headline reading, “The Mourning After.”
\n\nThe report in Daily Variety said “casualties from terrorist bombings were estimated at more than 10,000.” The death toll would later be revealed as lower than initial estimates: The Sept. 11 attacks killed 2,977 people, with 2,606 of those deaths at the World Trade Center towers.
\n\nTim Gray, one of Variety’s managing editors at the time and now executive VP of the Golden Globes, said his main recollection was of the staff’s dedication. “Everyone seemed to be underwater, mentally, but came up with ideas for stories about how this affected film production, the TV schedule, the imminent Emmy Awards, etc.,” he said.
\n\nIt happened from the moment staffers raced…
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