Barry Diller

Wanted: Beastly Photo Editor - Posted August 10, 2009
"The Daily Beast will evolve before your eyes," promised Tina Brown last fall. "We began building our site in mid-July [2008] and wanted to put it up ASAP in beta so that its further development could be driven by the interplay between our sensibility and our users' responses." Here's your chance... [UnBeige]

Wanted: Beastly Photo Editor - Posted August 10, 2009
"The Daily Beast will evolve before your eyes," promised Tina Brown last fall. "We began building our site in mid-July [2008] and wanted to put it up ASAP in beta so that its further development could be driven by the interplay between our sensibility and our users' responses." Here's your chance... [UnBeige]

More On Ben Silverman's New Project - Posted July 28, 2009
Embedded video from CNNMoney.com Video Yesterday, IAC announced that NBC Universal co-chair Ben Silverman was leaving the network to launch a new venture for Barry Diller's media company. Silverman's two-year stint at NBCU has been fraught with speculation of his inevitable exit thanks to expensive flops like "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Knight... [FishBowlNY]

It's Adland On The Menu: Author James P. Othmer Talks Advertising & Media Headlines - Posted July 27, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven were joined by James P. Othmer, author of "ADLAND: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet," to discuss the day's big media headlines. Today's podcast became a lengthy discussion about charging... [FishBowlNY]

Silverman Leaves NBC For IAC; Gaspin Promoted To Chair - Posted July 27, 2009
After months of speculation over his possible departure, Ben Silverman is leaving NBC Universal to join Barry Diller's IAC, where he will develop a multi-media production company. Silverman said he will stay at NBC through the launch of the fall season. He will be replaced by Jeff Gaspin (pictured), president and COO... [FishBowlNY]

Internet Week Announces 2010 Dates - Posted July 22, 2009
Get your 2010 calendars ready: the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting today announced the dates for next year's Internet Week. The event will kick off on June 7, 2010, culminating with the 14th Annual Webby Awards on June 14. This year's... [FishBowlNY]

Observer Owner Kushner Laments The State Of The Media In NY Mag - Posted July 14, 2009
This week, New York magazine takes an in-depth look at New York Observer owner Jared Kushner and his relationship with his ex-con father, Charlie Kushner. Although the profile sticks mainly to the father and son's stories, it comes at an interesting time for the salmon-colored broadsheet, which recently lost long-time editor... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barry Diller (on a Vespa!), Harvey Weinstein & Judge Judy - Posted May 6, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE Maybe it was because it finally stopped raining for five minutes, but the power-lunchers were out in force today at Michael's. There was a crowd gathering in the lounge before noon waiting for tables. Of course, most of the regulars breezed in at their appointed hours, making sure they... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barry Diller (on a Vespa!), Harvey Weinstein & Judge Judy - Posted May 6, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE Maybe it was because it finally stopped raining for five minutes, but the power-lunchers were out in force today at Michael's. There was a crowd gathering in the lounge before noon waiting for tables. Of course, most of the regulars breezed in at their appointed hours, making sure they... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barbara Walters, Barry Diller & Dana Perino - Posted April 15, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE I'm glad I got to Michael's early today because by 12:30 they were literally lining up outside the front door to get in the joint. Even the Garden Room (Siberia to the uninitiated) was SRO. The groups of wannabe diners at the bar and in the lounge were enviously... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Barbara Walters, Barry Diller & Dana Perino - Posted April 15, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE I'm glad I got to Michael's early today because by 12:30 they were literally lining up outside the front door to get in the joint. Even the Garden Room (Siberia to the uninitiated) was SRO. The groups of wannabe diners at the bar and in the lounge were enviously... [FishBowlNY]

The Daily Beast: Advertising Deal in the Works - Posted March 31, 2009
Crain's currently has a piece up about The Daily Beast's advertising plan, or apparent lack thereof. The article reports that Tina Brown and company have yet to seriously pursue any ad deals -- the site has been primarily ad free since it launched -- and instead appear to be counting... [FishBowlNY]

Jeff Jarvis Talks Google, The College Humor Show Throws a Party - Posted February 6, 2009
A couple of fun media events took place in the city last night — or so we hear. Thanks to flu season we were m.i.a at both Jeff Jarvis' "What Would Google Do?" Daylife event as well as the The College Humor Show premier party on the West side (watch... [FishBowlNY]

Diller Joins the Layoff Fray, But Not How You Might Think - Posted December 5, 2008
Media titan Barry Diller had choice words for CEOs who are dealing with layoffs: essentially stop yer whining. Diller told a Reuters summit: "The idea of a company that's earning money, not losing money, that's not, let's say 'industrially endangered,' to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or... [FishBowlLA]

Partying With Tina Brown and The Daily Beast: 'I Would Never Ask a Writer to Work for Free' - Posted November 19, 2008
Tina Brown's The Daily Beast, which has been making headlines since it launched last month, threw a launch part of sorts at Pop Burger in the meat-packing district last night. Everyone's favorite late-night eatery was a far cry from the extravagant Liberty Island party that heralded the launch of Talk,... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.24.08 - Posted October 24, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 10.09.08 - Posted October 9, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Tina Brown's Daily Beast Arrives: 'Sensibility, Darling' - Posted October 6, 2008
Does this mean magazines are officially dead? Tina Brown, magazine editrix extraordinaire, has finally launched the long chattered about The Daily Beast (named after the paper in the Evelyn Waugh novel Scoop). What is the Beast? Well, for one, it's not another news aggregator, it "sifts, sorts, and... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 09.15.08 - Posted September 15, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Tina Brown's ONA Keynote: Loses Page of Speech, Not Impulse to Keep Splashy Launch Under Wraps - Posted September 12, 2008
New York media maven Tina Brown gave this morning's keynote address at the Online News Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C., weighing in on some of the big-picture issues that have been braining traditional print news agencies. However, she remained quiet about her own much-speculated-upon online project, The Daily Beast, launching... [FishBowlNY]

Mark Your Calendars! The Daily Beast to Slouch in on Oct 1 - Posted September 12, 2008
Remember last month how we told you Tina Brown was in the process of putting together a news aggregating website with Barry Diller to be called the "Daily Beast?" Well according to Fortune Brown says the launch date has been officially set for October 1. Just in time for... [FishBowlNY]

Tina Brown, Revisited - Posted August 7, 2008
We now have more details on the Tina Brown/Barry Diller online partnership that Radar reported on in April. During a chat with Hillary Clinton and Liz Smith Brown revealed that the upcoming news aggregator website will be called The Daily Beast, in homage to Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop. ... [FishBowlNY]

All Their Unaccredited Excerpts Live In Texas - Posted August 7, 2008
Jody Rosen writes a piece in Slate about his uncovering a plagiarist at the Montgomery County Bulletin. But perhaps the Bulletin is merely on-trend-or even ahead of its time. The Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, and Real Clear Politics have made names and money by sifting through RSS feeds; Tina Brown and... [FishBowlLA]

SAG's Ad Meant for the Moguls & Murdoch on the Markets - Posted July 9, 2008
Dan Cox, on special assignment for FishbowlLA, covering the 2008 Sun Valley Media Conference. As studio chairmen and agency heads all attempt to escape the jowls of Hollywood and its labor problems, the Screen Actors Guild has a bright marketing executive. SAG bought an full-page ad in the local paper for Sun... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 04.03.08 - Posted April 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. Perez Hilton is a WHCA guest! And Donatella Versace, too! And it's the birthday of Politico's Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen's Mom. Speaking of Jonathan Martin's b-day, Mike Allen has this to say: "Without J-Mart, Politico readers would know a lot less and the campaign trail would have... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.03.08 - Posted March 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. One year ago we said goodbye to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and AP said hello (again) to Ron Fournier. It's the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, Jessica Biel and, yes, me, which is the closest I'll ever get to the lovely Biel. And to answer your questions: 1.) No,... [FishBowlDC]

Barry Diller: "Editorship Is Going To Emerge As the Real Value-Add" - Posted January 30, 2008
IAC chairman Barry Diller introduces Tina Brown at today's MPA/ASME awards Though we snuck in sometime between the salad and the sea bass at today's Magazine Lifetime Achievement Awards Luncheon at Manhattan's Gotham Hall, we still managed to squeeze in some QT with the F.O.T's* and the S.O.B's* at today's Magazine Publishers... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 11.14.07 - Posted November 14, 2007
Good morning Washington. You find NBC's Green Week theme journalistically troubling. An ABC release announced, "For the week of November 5-9, 'World News with Charles Gibson' won among Households (6.3/12) and tied for first place among the Adult 25-54 rating (2.3/9). Among Total Viewers, the ABC broadcast averaged 9.18 million, with just... [FishBowlDC]

Barry Diller On The Writers' Strike - Posted November 13, 2007
If it's all the same to you guys, we're just going to cut and paste this press release from Fox Business Network, so that we don't have to read Barry Diller's remarks. It's early. We're tired. (And by the way, that's not our typo. Fox apparently thinks there's just one writer... [FishBowlLA]

Dangerous Curves Ahead: Gehry Sued By MIT - Posted November 6, 2007
When we heard that Frank Gehry had been sued, it was not, as we had expected, by Barry Diller for designing a structurally-unsound InterActiveCorp HQ unable to support all internet entities within. Instead, he's being hung out to dry by MIT, who is claiming its Stata Center (angular strife illustrated in... [UnBeige]

Wainwright Huge Draw For H'wood Heavyweights, Homos - Posted September 24, 2007
The combination of Rufus Wainwright and some classic Judy Garland songs proved to be an attraction that some of Hollywood's elite couldn't resist. Thus, Wainwright's Sunday night show at the Hollywood Bowl was a veritable who's who of Tinseltown's gay bold-faced names along with some female celebs thrown in for good measure.... [FishBowlLA]

Wainwright Huge Draw For H'wood Heavyweights, Homos - Posted September 24, 2007
The combination of Rufus Wainwright and some classic Judy Garland songs proved to be an attraction that some of Hollywood's elite couldn't resist. Thus, Wainwright's Sunday night show at the Hollywood Bowl was a veritable who's who of Tinseltown's gay bold-faced names along with some female celebs thrown in for good measure.... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 09.24.07 - Posted September 24, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think Dan Rather has totally lost it. An NBC release announced, "According to national Nielsen Media Research data, 'Meet the Press with Tim Russert' was the top-rated Sunday morning public affairs program, winning the week ending Sunday, September 16 in all categories across the country and in Washington, D.C."... [FishBowlDC]

Lunch At Michael's: Barry Diller, Bob Iger & The Literary Lioness Club - Posted September 19, 2007
— DIANE CLEHANE For those who like their cobb salads served up with a side order of adrenaline, 55th & Fifth was the place to be today. Media moguls and literary lionesses convened their cliques for some lively conversation that kept the dining room buzzing. Esther Newberg and Anna Quindlen... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Peggy Siegal: 'I Want It Now' - Posted June 20, 2007
Perhaps it was the schizophrenic weather that kept most of the familiar faces and celebrity diners away. It was a pretty subdued crowd at 55th & Fifth today. No big stars of stage, screen and nary an editor in sight. (Okay, Kathie Lee Gifford was there.) Since there wasn't much star... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Attempts Humor About British Sailors, Succeeds About As Well As Can Be Expected - Posted April 6, 2007
The HuffPost give us a little taste of what the future holds for the Barry Diller-backed humor site 23/6. Colleen Werthmann (seen above with Royal Marine Danny Masterson) posts Inappropriate Freed-British-Hostage Hottie Rundown! The email from the HuffPost operative says Colleeen is an actor and playwritght, whatever... [FishBowlLA]

Frank Gehry's $100M West Side IAC Building: 'Oddly Tame' - Posted March 27, 2007
If you've driven along the West Side Highway lately, chances are you've seen the nearly-complete IAC Building, architect Frank Gehry's first New York structure and $100 million home to Barry Diller's IAC empire, a 10-story glassy outcropping between 18th and 19th streets. The project has architecture critics and Gehry heads — like... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Al Roker, Katie Joel and A Special Birthday Celebration - Posted February 8, 2007
No doubt by attending the Michael's Media Jamboree on a Thursday — due to flu and flood, a day later than mediabistro.com's customary weekly report on the media bigwigs who lunch — things were bound to be a little off-kilter. But as the slightly-less-than-packed crowd prepared for their cookie plates and... [FishBowlNY]

Russert Grilled | Buffett Staked | O.J. Blocked | Diller | Green | Franken | Wholpin - Posted February 8, 2007
Tim Russert: Grilled at Libby trial. [NY Sun] Warren Buffett: Stake in Times Co.? [Reuters] O.J.: Blocked from spending If I Did It million by judge. [Reuters] Barry Diller: YouTube won't be on top for long. [B&C] Steve Green Wins $4.25M Air America Fire Sale: But won't pay Al Franken.... [FishBowlNY]