Inside the explosive $150M Golden Globes lawsuit against Penske Media

Jay Penske’s takeover of the Golden Globes is thrust into the center of an explosive lawsuit that aims to expose the unprecedented control Penske Media Company has over Hollywood’s awards market.

Former HFPA members say Todd Boehly and Jay Penske engineered a scandal, then swooped in — and now they want $150 million back.

Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have sued Penske Media and others, claiming they engaged in fraud to acquire the Golden Globe Awards

Members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have sued Penske Media and others, claiming they engaged in fraud to acquire the Golden Globe Awards

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Penske Media Corporation, the parent of Variety, over the 2023 acquisition of the Golden Globe Awards. The suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses PMC of taking control of the awards show through a “sham process tainted by f

The lawsuit accuses Penske Media of orchestrating a scheme to dismantle the 80-year-old organization that founded the awards show.