# Brent Lang Named Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brent-lang-named-editor-in-chief-of-indiewire/
- Published: 2026-07-31T16:35:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-01T02:14:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/brent-lang-indiewire-editor-in-chief-1236825176/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- Brent Lang becomes IndieWire editor-in-chief on 17 August.
- He joins from Variety, where he was executive editor.
- Dana Harris-Bridson leaves after 15 years of editorial leadership.

## Summary

Brent Lang, Variety’s executive editor, has been appointed editor-in-chief of IndieWire, taking up the role on 17 August. The move places an experienced Hollywood journalist at the head of a major entertainment publication during a period of significant change for media and the film industry.

Lang will be based in New York and report to PMC senior vice-president Jerry Ruiz. He joined Variety in 2014 and previously worked at TheWrap; in 2024, the Los Angeles Press Club named him entertainment journalist of the year. He succeeds Dana Harris-Bridson, who led IndieWire editorially for 15 years.

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