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\n\tThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association Tuesday against Penske Media Corporation, the parent of Variety<\/em>, over the 2023 acquisition of the Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses PMC of taking control of the awards show through a \u201csham process tainted by fraud.\u201d It also alleges that PMC instigated a boycott against the Globes to weaken the show and make it vulnerable to a takeover.<\/p>\n

\n\tA spokesperson for PMC and the Golden Globes denied the allegations in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToday\u2019s lawsuit continues the absurdity and irrationality that the industry has come to expect from the defunct organization formerly known as the HFPA,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe HPFA, a non-profit association of foreign journalists, ran the awards show for nearly 80 years until a diversity scandal prompted by a February 2021 report in the Los Angeles Times. The report found that the HFPA had no Black members, which led to a boycott from industry publicists and led NBC to drop the broadcast in 2022.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe HPFA adopted a series of reforms before agreeing to sell the Golden Globes to PMC-owned Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge. The lawsuit alleges that HFPA members approved the deal under false pretenses.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAmong other things, the suit alleges that HFPA members were assured that they would retain lifetime voting rights for the awards and lifetime tickets to the show. But, the suit states, \u201cPenske later reneged on that fundamental promise, guaranteeing voting rights only to those members who accepted direct employment with the Penske Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe result is a captured voting body that operates at Penske\u2019s discretion rather than as an independent journalistic organization,\u201d the suit continues.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit argues that PMC, which owns several other trade publications, wields monopoly power over the trade market, the \u201csecondary awards\u201d market and the \u201cFor Your Consideration\u201d ad market, and has taken steps to exclude HFPA members from participating in those markets.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe HFPA was expected to wind down its operations after the sale of the awards show. But last year, the HFPA board voted to pause the dissolution process \u201cto fulfill the organization\u2019s duty to investigate the malfeasance and conflicts of interest\u201d in connection with the sale, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit seeks damages of at least $150 million.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Golden Globes transaction closed more than three years ago and received all required approvals \u2014any assertion that it did not close, or remains subject to reversal, is once again unequivocally false,\u201d the PMC statement continued. \u201cThis latest act of duplicity is a new low, even for the HFPA. The attempt by former HFPA members to leverage the Golden Globe Foundation, an independent nonprofit, simply to secure Golden Globes tickets is an unfortunate distraction that inappropriately diverts resources from legitimate charitable causes. We remain troubled that the HFPA, an organization so widely criticized for ethical failures, non-inclusivity, racism, and misconduct involving talent, continues to find attorneys willing to push such illegitimate claims.\u201d<\/p>\n

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