Dea Lawrence Opening Remarks | TikTok Culture Catalysts Dinner 2024
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Variety's Chief Operating and Marketing Officer, Dayloris.
00:07Hello! Good evening!
00:12There's a drumbeat. I hear the drumbeat.
00:15Good evening, good evening, and welcome to the Variety TikTok Culture Catalyst dinner.
00:20Thank you so much for coming tonight.
00:23Isn't it gorgeous? I mean, I have to tell you.
00:26I'm going to steal a line from Oprah and say, it feels so good to be in this room!
00:32Okay, so we are thrilled to be able to celebrate excellence in television and film marketing,
00:38and thank you, thank you to our great, wonderful partners at TikTok.
00:44Yay, TikTok!
00:46We've expanded our collaboration with TikTok this year,
00:50and tonight's dinner follows our first-ever Variety Presents Gaming on TikTok Leadership Summit
00:56that we did with them last month.
00:59Now, next year, Variety is going to celebrate its 120th year anniversary.
01:08And presently, we have over 30 million unique visitors a month on Variety,
01:13over 13 million social followers, and over 100 million page views every month.
01:19So we are all very proud of our iconic brand, Variety, and our team works very hard,
01:25and we're doing it for you, because we love putting on all these dinners and events,
01:30and we want you to all feel part of this fabulous entertainment industry community.