Jem Aswad
Executive Music Editor
Variety
Jem Aswad launched Variety’s music section with Shirley Halperin in April 2017 and became executive music editor in 2023. Previously, he held senior posts at Billboard, MTV News, Spin, Time Out New York and CMJ as well as Atlantic, Warner Bros. and Caroline Records and ASCAP. His writing has appeared in New York, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, the Village Voice, Esquire and many other publications.