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more about #iac more comments → The Sneak: JOKER'S WILD: Seamlessly combines a tired pre-existing television concept with an already cliché "online" component by having Internet poker players ... more » TheSometimesWhy: Which court system deals with cases of creative bankruptcy? more » moneyries: So it's same ol' TV...mixed with that wacky new internet! more » dystopika: I love Emo Philips, been wondering what he's been up to... #bensilverman more » Richard Blakeley: Ricky Van Veen is super talented, so how is this a bad thing? #bensilverman more » Crantastic: I guess that Peter Pan internet guy really did refuse to grow up. #bensilverman more » TheSometimesWhy: I hate to break it to you, but Mr. Silverman has fallen a lot farther than you know. At the Coffee and Tea Bean on Sunset this morning, he made me th... more » Trai_Dep: With a haircut like that, Van Veen is definitely straight. Limits the "benefits" part of the friends-with-benefits equation, no? #bensilverman more » FormerEnglishMajor: Wait, isn't Bee Schaeffer at College Humor as well? Maybe Ben can do a multi-platform deal where it's Electus, Notional, CollegeHumor AND TeenVogue, w... more » Motoko Kusanagi: "besties" must die. #bensilverman more » Magister: Was it all a plot? Did Ben Silverman fatally wound broadcast television to boost demand for 'net video? #bensilverman more » TheHonJudgeSmails: This would make a great buddy flick. Silverman could play the guy whose abilities are too small for his position, while Van Veen plays the guy who mak... more » Pessimippopotamus: Oh Frank Gehry, you so crazy. #iac more » RonMwangaguhunga: Barry Diller's palace looks architecturally bitextual. #iac more » NigelAstydameia: Ben Silverman after a rainstorm? more » -
#television
Is Ricky Van Veen Spending Too Much Time with Ben Silverman?
Ricky Van Veen announced the production schedule for his brand-new TV studio, and it would appear the CollegeHumor founder believes the future of the small screen lies in the past, because he's unleashing a mess of game shows. More » -
#moguls
Ben Silverman's New College Buddy
As an NBC chairman, Ben Silverman once mingled with true media titans. But now the fallen mogul rolls with a different crowd; we hear he's besties with CollegeHumor editor-in-chief Ricky Van Veen. Now they might be in business together. More » -
#picoftheday
Shimmer Shimmer Ya
A close-up view of Barry Diller's palace, the IAC Building in West Chelsea, makes things look a little shaky. Image via Bob Jagendorf's Flickr] -
#startups
Barry Diller Just Bought This Kid a TV Studio
At the ripe old age of 28, Ricky Van Veen is finally putting CollegeHumor.com behind him. He's leaving the site he co-founded and starting a production company called Notional. But the young man remains in Barry Diller's well-padded nest. More » -
#beardedladies
Diane Von Furstenberg's Secrets To Success: 'Independence,' Sugar Daddies, Sheer Delusion
You know when the Sunday New York Times profiles Diane Von Furstenberg - fashion designer, wife of heterosexual business owner Barry Diller - they're going to deliver. And oh, did they. Welcome to Diane Von Furstenberg's Secrets to Success.
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#preferences
Barry Diller Will Cater to Very Specific Sexual Tastes
After pawning off his highbrow cultural shopping newsletter on the New York Observer, what does Barry Diller buy? Sites for people with fetishes for the "Big and Beautiful," Black Baby Boomers and Italians. Diller, after all, knows from picky. (Pic) -
#jaredkushner
Typo, Filler Ad, Mainstream Movie Herald New York Observer's Second Very Short List
How is shopping newsletter Very Short List doing on the second day under the New York Observer's ownership? Poorly enough to motivate mogul wannabe Jared Kushner to hire some dedicated staff, perhaps. More » -
#deals
'The Observer's Very Short List' Proudly Brought to You by the New York Observer
The first edition of email newsletter Very Short List is out for the first time under the control of New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner. What advertiser do you think he lined up? More » -
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#update
Our earlier post on Very Short List being sold is now confirmed via official email.
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#breaking
'Very Short List's Been Sold To Jared Kushner, We're All Fired.'
A source writes in: ink on the long-rumored deal selling IAC property Very Short List to Jared Kushner and The New York Observer's dry. VSLers have been fired, and the property's clumsily fallen into the Observer's hands, now. Update: confirmed.
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#moguls
The Very Long Con of a Very Short List
Barry Diller's effort to pawn off Very Short List, his failed shopping newsletter for the rich, is turning into a classic New York media folly — a big drama over a puny digital property. More » -
#mogultoys
Barry Diller's Not-So-Exclusive 'Very Short List'
Very Short List has been a favorite bauble of Barry Diller since the IAC chief established it nearly three years ago, after failing to buy Daily Candy. He envisioned VSL as a smart, tidy newsletter. But it looks worrisomely distended. More » -
#media
Media Companies Lick the Dirt
It's not a great time to be a media conglomerate. Time Warner and Barry Diller's IAC both put out earnings this morning that are pretty painful. Especially for Time Inc. More » -
#magazines
Tina Brown Terrified That Burning Money Now Frowned Upon
When Tina Brown looks at the closure of Portfolio, she must worry for her future. Publications are now expected to turn a profit? Time for the notorious spendthrift to panic. More » -
#236
Barry Diller's Funny Business
Just last month, IAC chief Barry Diller was chiding his fellow moguls for laying workers off in a recession and spending indiscriminately. So how does he explain getting rid of 23/6, his humor site? More » -
#media
Tina Brown's 'Reinvention' Is Wearing Thin
Tina Brown — who once edited Tatler, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker and Talk — has reinvented herself by editing a website that mixes high and low culture. Where have we heard that before?
