Dick Clark Productions won the Golden Globes, leading to the dissolution of the non-profit Hollywood Foreign Press Association after years of controversy.
DCP announced Monday that it and asset management company Eldridge have acquired all assets, rights and properties of the Golden Globes from the HFPA.
The HFPA was founded in 1943 by a gaggle of entertainment journalists from Los Angeles. Members and non-member voters selected the Golden Globe nominees and winners.
DCP, which also hosts the Billboard Music Awards and “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Yr’s Eve,” will now plan, host and produce the annual Golden Globe Awards show.
The transaction will end the HFPA and its membership.
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Proceeds from the sale and existing assets of the HFPA might be donated to a newly formed non-profit organization, the Golden Globe Foundation.
“We’re thrilled to close this long-awaited member-approved deal and move from a member-led organization to a business enterprise,” said Helen Hoehn, president of the HFPA, in a message sent to The Post.
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“Today marks a vital milestone within the evolution of the Golden Globes,” added Eldridge President Todd Boehly. “My partners at DCP and I are grateful to Helen and the team for his or her commitment to successfully implementing a sturdy governance approach, expanding a various and international voting body, implementing an expert, protected and responsible environment, and trusting a new owner with a new direction for Globes.”
“As stewards of the Golden Globes, our mission is to proceed to create probably the most dynamic awards ceremony on live television seen around the globe,” said Jay Penske, CEO, President and Founder of Penske Media and CEO of DCP. “We now have a fantastic team to develop this iconic brand and captivate new and existing viewers to rejoice one of the best of TV and film.”
Golden Globes on hold
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In 2022, NBC decided not to broadcast the Golden Globes, citing the necessity for “significant reform” and more diversity within the beleaguered HFPA.
“We proceed to imagine that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. Nonetheless, a change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we firmly imagine that the HFPA needs time to get it right,” the network said in a press release on the time. According to Hollywood reporter.
“As such, NBC won’t be broadcasting the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization goes ahead with its plan, we hope to have the ability to air the show in January 2023.”
Awards are back after a 12 months’s hiatus
The telecast returned last January after the HFPA said it had solved the issues by adding 103 new voters.
Host Jerrod Carmichael continued to fire on the association during his monologue, congratulating the “six new black members” of the HFPA’s election committee — and implying that he was chosen to host the evening because he was black.
Rankings keep falling
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Nonetheless, the 2023 Golden Globes’ newfound inclinations to “get up” resulted in historically low rankings.
AND woke up critics. on Twitter it was pretty clear that a more informed awards show wasn’t enough to get them serious about the event.
Kimmel criticizes broadcast as ‘nonsense’
In March, Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel criticized the Golden Globes, implying that “it wasn’t an actual awards show” and further declaring that the ultimate demise of the group could be long overdue.
“The Globes are foreign bicycle messengers who realized they’d get free lunches in the event that they selected to start this organization,” Kimmel told Rolling Stone. “I do not know why it took the world so long to figure it out! I believe possibly the world didn’t want to figure it out. We also know that if you might have a trophy done, someone will go after it.”
In response, the HFPA said it was “disenchanted” with its approach to the awards process and was trying to pump up the newfound diversity in its mix.
“The Golden Globes’ constituency is 52% female and 51.8% racially and ethnically diverse, which is a singular achievement in today’s Hollywood,” the organization wrote in a press release to The Post.
“Hundreds of thousands of fans around the globe support the Golden Globes, which has highlighted one of the best of film and tv for 80 years.”
The 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards will happen on Sunday, January 7, 2024.