SIME SILVERMAN
Name: Sime Silverman
Born: 1873
Died: 1933
Sime Silverman (1873-1933) was an American newspaper publisher best known as the
founder of the weekly Variety in New York in 1905 and the Hollywood-based Daily
Variety in 1933.
Silverman, born in Cortland, New York, was the publisher and editor of Variety
until his death from a heart attack at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard soon after launching the daily.
His son Sidne (1901-1950), known as "Skiggie", succeeded him as editor and
publisher of both publications. Both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie
Saxon (1905-1942), died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd, born 1932, was the
sole heir to what was then Variety Inc.
Guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety until 1956. From then Syd, who graduated
from Princeton, took over and managed the company until 1987, when he sold it to
Cahners Publishing (now Reed Elsevier) for US$64 million.
Name: Sime Silverman
Born: 1873
Died: 1933
Sime Silverman (1873-1933) was an American newspaper publisher best known as the
founder of the weekly Variety in New York in 1905 and the Hollywood-based Daily
Variety in 1933.
Silverman, born in Cortland, New York, was the publisher and editor of Variety
until his death from a heart attack at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire
Boulevard soon after launching the daily.
His son Sidne (1901-1950), known as "Skiggie", succeeded him as editor and
publisher of both publications. Both Sidne and his wife, stage actress Marie
Saxon (1905-1942), died of tuberculosis. Their only son Syd, born 1932, was the
sole heir to what was then Variety Inc.
Guardian Harold Erichs oversaw Variety until 1956. From then Syd, who graduated
from Princeton, took over and managed the company until 1987, when he sold it to
Cahners Publishing (now Reed Elsevier) for US$64 million.