Yes, this deal is as DumbDumb as you can get. How to build a successful startup: Step #1 – Use Barry Diller’s money to fund a vanity production label with a friend from high school. Yes, Jason Bateman and Will Arnett (in particular) are talented…
OK, Jeff, it’s time for you to man-up, nut-up, suck-it-up, eat-it (all those things) and fix this late night issue before it becomes even more of a train wreck. It’s very simple: Fire Conan O’Brien and give him all the compensation he is owed as…
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message The Jay…
The revolution is over… and what a crappy revolution it was. Notional – the only company to ever come up with the idea for a dating show in a taxi; a competitive cooking show; a home makeover show; as well as several shitty internet game…
I realize that Electus – the earth-shattering, ground-breaking, cutting-edge new business from Ben Silverman and Barry Diller’s IAC/ InterActiveCorp hasn’t launched, but I have recently climbed aboard Khan Manka, Jr.’s Time Machine and gone into the not-too-distant future to retrieve the press release announcing (sadly)…
Seriously, Fortune? Are you fucking kidding me? What, will you sell 15 more magazines with him on the list? Couldn’t come up with that 40th name? What about Jeff Weiner – he’s under 40 and was named CEO of LinkedIn. That’s a pretty big job…
From the executive grave, Ben Silverman has struck again. Southland, the once promising (for one episode) gritty cop show has been canceled (before its season premiere!). Another day – another failed show. NBC is in big trouble. Mercy, Trauma, Heroes – all cancellations to come….
OK, Ben. It’s been nearly three months since you announced you were leaving NBC to start a new company that will “capitalize on the ever-evolving world of multimedia production and distribution.” We’re still waiting. Who knows? Maybe you actually did stay at NBC to help…
So, earlier today, I said that Leno’s 4.5/8 share was a disaster for NBC and they should start to think about living in a post-Leno world. But I was just made aware of a statement by John Ferriter (head of WME’s Non-Scripted Department) at the…
Sorry, Jay. The competition is only going to get tougher (just wait until you hit first-run episodes of those Thursday night dramas). I hate for you to fail. You’re such a likable guy. But I LOVE that Ben Silverman is failing (failing upwards, I suppose,…