Entertainment journalist and Variety alum Jamie Lang has acquired the full assets of Cartoon Brew from site co-founder Amid Amidi.
Effective immediately, Lang is now the site’s sole owner, publisher and editor.
“I’ve been a huge fan of Cartoon Brew for a decade now, and it was a career highlight to work closely with the site’s co-founder, Amid Amidi, as editor-in-chief for two years,” Lang said in a statement. “When he told me about his plans to sell the company and asked if I would be interested in taking over, it was an opportunity I could barely believe and one that I definitely couldn’t pass up.”
Lang began his career in entertainment journalism in 2016 as a freelancer for Variety, where he wrote nearly 2,000 articles across two separate stints. Over the years, he developed a specialty in covering European and Latin American film and television, reporting from international festivals including San Sebastián in Spain, the Morelia and Guadalajara Film Festivals in Mexico, SANFIC in Chile and SeriesMania in France. He first attended the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2017.
In April 2022, Lang joined Cartoon Brew as editor-in-chief. Over the next two years, he wrote nearly 1,500 articles and commissioned, edited and published hundreds more for the site. He briefly returned to Variety as an international features editor before receiving the opportunity to acquire Cartoon Brew.
Founded in 2004, Cartoon Brew is an online publication covering animation worldwide. The site focuses on artist-driven content, independent filmmaking and in-depth industry analysis.