So, after my very long vacation, I decided to check in on my old friend Ben Silverman’s new company – Electus. Now, I’ve been pretty tough on Electus and Ben Silverman since this venture was announced 11 months ago(!) – so, I went to Electus.com…
Now THAT’S what I call a month off. As many of you have noticed, I haven’t been around for the past month (replies to your emails are coming). Where have I been? CLIMBING MT. KILIMANJARO! I was told MK is considered one of the easiest…
OK, don’t go all crazy MIPTV Conference people, Ben Silverman didn’t say shit that hasn’t been said before by… everyone producing new media content. Perhaps he says it in a way that make people think it sounds new or perhaps people just want to party…
It recently came to my attention that Ben Silverman was asked to give a keynote address at this year’s MIPTV Conference in Cannes, France on April 13, 2010. Realizing that Ben is a very busy man (what with single-handedly changing the media landscape… again), I…
All I can say is, BEN SILVERMAN HAS DONE IT AGAIN! In only nine months, Mr. Silverman has taken his crazy $100 million dollar dream of Electus.com and turned it into the reality that IS Electus.com. The brilliance of the Electus.com homepage (at left) is…
The Billion Dollar Question is – WHY? If I were to talk directly to Jeff Zucker’s current boss (Jeffrey Immelt) and future boss (Brian Roberts), I would quote my new hero, Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer, and say “Are you stoopid?” Even if we all…
From where I sit at my breakfast nook in La Canada, California, 3,000 miles from IAC’s headquarters in New York, Barry Diller seems to be getting tired of it all. Yesterday, when I listened to IAC’s earnings call, I got the sense that Mr. Diller…
Ben Silverman is making this way too easy. IAC has released the logo for Ben Silverman’s world-changing, earth-shattering, ground-breaking new venture – Electus. In my opinion, it is the perfect logo for the company. Everything you need to know about Electus and its future success…
OK. So Conan is gone. Jay is back at 11:35. What’s next? Damage control. Over the next few weeks, we can expect to see NBC Universal’s ‘A Team’ of publicists begin the seemingly impossible task of resuscitating the images of Jay Leno, The Tonight Show…
The Jay Leno Show cancellation announcement by Jeff Gaspin – Chairman NBC Entertainment – was handled in just about the worst way possible. It should have so simple: Announce the news; admit it was mistake and talk about the exciting changes to come. That’s it….