The Golden Globe Awards offered out, and the Hollywood Overseas Press group closed

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Golden Globe Awards have been offered Monday to a brand new proprietor who will shut down the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation (HFPA), the voting group that has confronted controversy over moral loopholes and an absence of range.

Eldridge Industries has bought the property of the Golden Globes with Dick Clark Productions (DCP), which can proceed to handle awards broadcasts and give attention to increasing viewership of the Globes worldwide, in line with a press launch. DCP is owned by Eldridge and Penske Media.

The sale comes after the HFPA struggled to restore its popularity after a Hollywood backlash over its ethics and lack of range prompted US tv community NBC to drop the Golden Globes ceremony in 2022.

An investigation by the Los Angeles Instances in 2021 revealed that there have been no black journalists within the group’s ranks. Some members have been accused of constructing racist and sexist remarks and soliciting favors from celebrities and film studios.

The HFPA responded by increasing and diversifying its membership and establishing new ethics insurance policies.

Eldridge Industries president Todd Bohle goals to remake the HFPA, a nonprofit group of worldwide leisure correspondents, into paid employees in a for-profit enterprise. A spokesperson stated all 310 present voters will likely be eligible to forged ballots on the subsequent ceremony in January 2024.

“Immediately marks a major milestone within the evolution of the Golden Globes,” Buhle stated in a press release.

NBC will air The Globes once more in 2023. No community has signed on to run the 2024 ceremony.

The monetary phrases of the deal, which was accepted by the California Legal professional Basic, weren’t disclosed.

(Reporting by Daniel Broadway in Los Angeles) Further reporting by Lisa Richwin in Los Angeles Modifying by Matthew Lewis

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