Robert Dowling Jr Dies; former Hollywood Reporter Publisher Was 83
Born on on September 16, 1939, on Long Island in New York, Dowling was given up by his birth mother and spent his first three years in a series of foster homes before his final adoption. Dowling believed that the sense of unease this created in him would drive his lifelong capacity to instinctively recognize motivations and quickly assess situations.“My Life…and Then Some,”
selling became second nature to him due to his ability to empathize with those on the other side of the deal. He entered magazine publishing in his 20s and became editor and publisher of a variety of publications, including As he was the first to admit, he knew little about the industry he was covering at the time. “I was always launching something or improving something,” he once said.in September 1988 as president before being named publisher and editor in chief of what was understood to be the distant second showbiz trade in town after .
Dowling threw himself into the job by taking appointments with leaders from film, TV, music and live entertainment in his first year on the job. He educated himself from the inside, peppering those who ran things with endless questions to learn what they knew. A series of innovations, special editions and events spearheaded by Dowling, including a major ramping up of international coverage, led to but in many respects the perception of surpassing it, both editorially and financially. A publication that had been in urgent need of an overhaul prior to his arrival generated respect during the last decade-plus of his tenure that ended in 2005.
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