Good morning from my house in the Seychelles. A few of us are having a great night drinking schnapps and eating crab. I won’t name names for security reasons but their initials are DM, RM, BD, JB, CC – you figure it out. I just…
With the upcoming death of Sumner Redstone (any day now based on how he looked in recent photos) and the increasing dementia of Rupert Murdoch, it’s clear there is soon to be only one true Hollywood mogul remaining. And that is me. As with the…
[The following is an unedited transcript of the keynote address to the SXSW Festival by Manka Bros. Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr.] March 12, 2013 – Austin Convention Center – Ballroom G [Khan Manka, Jr. approaches a podium…] Khan Manka, Jr.: Uh… Dave Grohl was…
[The following is a transcribed phone conversation that Khan Manka, Jr. wanted posted on his Chairman’s Blog. Per his request, this is unedited – so I apologize for any unseemly language.] Hello from Cannes! Earlier today, I gave the keynote address at MIPCOM and now…
[The following is a transcript of Khan Manka, Jr.’s keynote address at MIPCOM 2012. A disclaimer: Mr. Manka arrived late and was unable to have his speech entered into the TelePrompTer so his prepared remarks were not given.] MIPCOM 2012 – KHAN MANKA, JR. KEYNOTE ADDRESS…
Hello from the Seychelles! I was interrupted during my morning para-scuba excursion with the news that Ross Levinsohn is leaving Yahoo! Is Yahoo! really that stupid? Every month it’s a new high level executive on the market. Who needs headhunters when you have ex-Yahoo!…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 Over the past few days, I have received several emails saying “Come on, Khan, you goddamned prick – where is your fucking write-up of Day 3 of the Herb Allen suckfest?…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 ————————- “One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don’t do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2012 Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 “The sun was warmer then.” This may be the last year I come here. If I was looking for a complete waste of time, I would have gone back to Comic-Con….
Day 1 – Disappearing Mogul Day 2 – The Acid Trip Day 3 – The Future ———————– Leaving (7/10/12): OK – I suppose I’m going to this thing. Herb called me acting like a kid before his 10th birthday party, all worried that no one was…