As Tiger Woods slowly reemerges from hiding and Team-Tiger Damage Control goes full throttle, there is an interesting parallel to be made between the Tiger/Elin Woods drama and the NBC/Conan O’Brien drama (which cost all of us a few months out of our lives). Imagine…
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…
The Conan exit deal is done – probably the largest payout in television history for someone averaging a 2.5 rating. It is presumed he will go to Fox and get a 2.0 rating at 11:00 (my guess is reruns of The Simpsons on local affiliates…
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…
Done deal. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 11:35 – 12:35. Conan O’Brien: SOL. Jill Kennedy – OnMedea
So… the top brass at NBC Universal just waited and waited just to see how things would play out – and now the shareholders of GE and Comcast (of which I am one) have a major Zucker problem on their hands. There is really only…
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….
Another iconic American television show is dead. Simon Cowell (with impeccable timing as always) announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour he has decided to leave American Idol to become creator/producer/judge of the American version of his hit UK talent show The…
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…