The American television network NBC announced Monday that it would not broadcast the Golden Globes ceremony next year.

Decision taken following criticism of the event's lack of diversity and transparency.

A blow for the Golden Globes whose funding depends a lot on the broadcasting rights of the ceremony.

The American television network 

NBC

 announced on Monday that it would not broadcast the Golden Globe ceremony next year after strong criticism over its lack of diversity and transparency, directed by the entertainment industry to the organization which attributes these prestigious awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a group of about 90 journalists who make up the Golden Globes jury, announced last week that it had adopted a series of reforms to improve its representativeness and try to calm the controversy.

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NBC is "hopeful to air the show in January 2023"

"We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform. However, a change of this magnitude takes time and work and we have a distinct impression that the HFPA needs time to do this properly." , explains NBC in a statement. "Consequently, NBC will not broadcast the 2022 edition of the Golden Globes," the channel added, stressing that it was "hopeful to broadcast the show in January 2023" if the organizers implement their reform program.

Most of the members of the HFPA are correspondents working regularly for media known and respected in their country, such as Le Figaro or El País.

But the reputation of this very unusual jury has suffered in the past from the presence of a handful of more surprising personalities, with episodic and confidential journalistic activity.

Above all, the organization has been repeatedly criticized for the lack of attention given to black or minority artists, often snubbed in the Golden Globes charts.

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"This vote reaffirms our determination to change"

On Thursday, the association's members overwhelmingly approved a series of measures, including a 50% increase in their membership over the next 18 months, including the recruitment of black journalists, as well as the reform of the opaque and restrictive system governing admissions.

"The very majority vote to reform the Association today reaffirms our determination to change," HFPA President Ali Sar said.

"Because we understand the urgency and the challenge of transparency, we will continually update our members as we move forward to make our organization more inclusive and diverse," he wrote.

However, that was not enough to convince some studios and Hollywood stars.

Netflix and Amazon Studios have both said they are no longer interested in working with the HFPA until "significant" changes are made, while Warner Bros. wrote to Ali Sar on Monday complaining that the HFPA's reform agenda no. 'went "not far enough".

And star actors like Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo publicly attacked the organization over the weekend.

NBC's announcement is a blow to the Golden Globes, whose funding is heavily dependent on the broadcast rights to the ceremony, and some entertainment industry watchers fear they may not be able to recover from it.