Who cares? He’s a celebrity and celebrities win. Deal with it. No one would care if the Pope or Rupert Murdoch was moved to the front of the line. I think the ‘booing’ was more because of the Orbit Gum Commercial Jason produced for DumbDumb…
I see Ben got the message (though the horse and buggy logo doesn’t inspire “future of entertainment”). “Coming Soon” is a step in the right direction, I suppose. Just be sure and have a “Thanks for the Memories” logo ready once the money is gone….
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…
By selling Miramax back to the Weinstein Brothers (that would be Harvey and Bob) and (ahem) Lord Ron Burkle (he who has single-handedly created thousands of jobs in the prostitution and supermarket industries), Disney Chief Bob Iger has effectively given the coup de grace to…
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…
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…