Ben Silverman - Fortune's 40 Under 40 List?!
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 and the site actually makes money and is relevant.
Ben Silverman is irrelevant. Everyone needs to please stop with the 'Ben Silverman is great' shit.
If (and this is about the biggest fucking 'if' I've ever written) Barry Diller and Ben Silverman put together a company that changes the media landscape and makes the world a better place, put him on your list next year. Oh, yeah, he won't be UNDER 40 next year. Sorry, Ben.
Well, OnMedea is putting together our own list: ONMEDEA'S TOP 40 FAILURES UNDER 40 and Ben Silverman is in the running for the top of that list.
Check back here next week for all the exciting details.
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About Jill Kennedy
Jill Kennedy is an Ivy League MBA / refugee from Lehman Brothers.
Manka Bros. (and the Manka Business Channel) hired her (for a very low sum) to cover the world of media (not the world of Medea) in her own words without corporate interference.
About Medea
Medea was a real bitch from classical mythology - as most famously dramatized by Euripides.
She was a sorceress and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece. When Jason deserted her, she chopped up their children. One could say, Medea acted as rationally as a major media company.
Tips, Scoops and Smoking Guns
Are you taking submissions for your list? I agree Ben Silverman is a joke that he's on the list. But lists like that are a joke as well.
Some people are very good about keeping their names in "the papers" as they used to say.
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