Fresh off his tour of mainland China, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the New Year in Taiwan. Above, Zuckerberg and his girlfriend stroll through Taipei's famous Snake Alley market on Thursday. He even stopped for a picture with a fan.
Technology seemed especially relevant in 2010, what with The Social Network's blockbuster receipts and mass mania for Apple's iPad and iPhone 4. The newfound attention helped turned some techies into genuine stars — while lending others real worldwide infamy.
A while back, we paid a paparazzo to tail Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. But during his high-profile trip to China this week, Chinese fans are doing the stalking for free. Here's a gallery of their Zuckerberg-in-China snapshots.
Barry Diller—a man who seemed positioned to reign opulently over his IAC media empire for years to come—announced this morning that he's stepping down as CEO of IAC.
Credit where it's due: Barry Diller knows how to vacation. The IAC boss is tightfisted at headquarters, but his holidays are plenty decadent. There's the corporate jet; the giant boat; tropical beaches; and a set of young blonde twins.
In your packed Thursday media column: Jeff Bewkes hides in plain sight, News Corp's looking to poach from the NYDN, the decline of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AMI's bankrupt, and Vice comes to MTV.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have had a turbulent relationship. One day, Apple is paying Facebook for a fancy "sponsored group." The next, Zuckerberg is trashing the iPhone. Did their recent dinner date smooth things over?
What does one insanely rich tech guy give another insanely rich tech guy as a wedding present? If you're a Google founder, the answer is reportedly "a party jet."
A former Washington Post reporter is said to writing a comprehensive profile of Mark Zuckerberg. Comprehensive enough, maybe, to include the old romantic entanglement Zuckerberg just fibbed about. Prepare to do a little more sweating, Mark.
Internet empress Arianna Huffington is in Amalfi, Italy, apparently, mixing it up with Newt and Callista Gingrich, mega-entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and his wife Deborah, and Barbara Walters. Proof fancy yacht vacations really are out of fashion for the super-rich?
Bankrupt shell of a once-proud media company Tribune Co. is desperate. Desperate enough to try TV news without anchors. Desperate enough to give a seemingly-high jester an important management job. But are they really desperate enough to hire Michael Eisner?
CBS has reportedly paid a female former executive a roughly $1 million settlement in exchange for her not bringing a suit against Viacom boss Sumner Redstone for "verbal abuse and violent outbursts such as throwing dishes." Whoa, fella. [Daily Beast]
Partial New York Times owner and world's richest man Carlos Slim has purchased a Fifth Avenue townhouse across from the Metropolitan Museum for $44 million. To put that in perspective: Pinch Sulzberger is his doorman. Kidding! Just barely. [WSJ]
Sumner Redstone, you cad! Already in hot water over trying to bribe a reporter to out a source and giving $100K in stock to a sexxxy girl band member, Sumner's now reportedly put another sexxxy young woman on the payroll.
Former hip hop mogul Damon Dash ran into some money trouble a few years back (we can think of a few reasons why) and reportedly stopped paying a $78,504.20-per-month mortgage. Now comes the foreclosure auction.
Web empress Arianna Huffington is moving from Los Angeles to New York, multiple sources tell us, which means the globetrotting boss will finally be living in the same city as the editorial headquarters of her Huffington Post. Brace yourselves, underlings.
Blues music is built on shattered dreams and broken hearts. This is why someone must make Cablevision CEO Jimmy Dolan happy ASAP. It's the only way he'll stop recording terrible vanity blues albums!
The new status symbol for hedge funders and corporate tycoons: feminine bracelets worn on their wrists next to their expensive watches. It's an "I'm so insanely rich, I get to break the rules" kinda thing, apparently.
IAC CEO Barry Diller expensed $1.6 million in personal travel in 2009. ($4,600/day!) That doesn't include business trips—just vacations. Welcome to MogulAir. Would you like a blanket and a pillow made out of diamonds? [NYP]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is "coping well with his health issues" and working full tilt, but he's struggling to put on weight, say associates. That sounds about right : It takes a vigorous man to piss this many people off.
