Hybrid Media Love Fest at HuffPost Luncheon
A cast of entertainment, media and political heavyweights discussed the role of new media in the 2008 election this afternoon. Moderated by Charlie Rose, the lineup included Rahm Emanuel, George Stephanopoulos, WaPost’s Katharine Weymouth, Will.i.am, YouTube’s Chad Hurley and the guy who plays Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live. While a lot of the usual [...]
The Nature of ‘The Beast’
I started reading Vanity Fair because Brad Pitt was wearing a soaked white shirt as he emerged from a Malibu beach on the cover, thus it was in the context of this undignified marketing ploy that I came to be enamored with the idea of Tina Brown and Graydon Carter and their sexy politics. (I [...]
Sarah Lacy Interviews Julia Allison
Lacy is, you may recall, the woman who so obnoxiously interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW in March. (I was in the crowd that day and can attest that it was absolultely horrific.) She’s much better here with Julia Allison, who is dead on in her comments about companies needing to stop being afraid of new [...]
Welcome, Ladies Who Launch-ers
For women in business looking to utilize online opportunities, it doesn’t get better than Ladies Who Launch. The lovely and talented Amy Swift recently recruited me to speak at their LA Live event, and also asked me to write this how-to blogging guide for women entreprenuers. I love this organization; they have connected me with [...]
Leave Julia Allison Alone.
You’re not going to find harsh criticism here of people who name web sites after themselves, but flipping through another great edition of Wired yesterday I felt (OK, a little jealous and) protective of Julia Allison. Maybe she OD’d on Carrie Bradshaw, but her writing and shenanigans are plenty entertaining and nothing shocking in Post-Osbournes [...]
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