Meredith Vieira Officially More Powerful Than Katie Couric

According to ‘Forbes,’ at least. Plus, today’s real estate, law, media, and financial news.

Posted 08/28/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: blackstone group, bloomberg, cbs, company town, democratic national convention, diane sawyer, heath ledger, katie couric, lehman brothers, meredith vieira, morgan stanley, port authority, rolling stone, santiago calatrava, steve jobs

Where in the World Is Matt Lauer's Mach 5?

In which we hate on the 'Today' show host's nasty stubble.

Posted 04/28/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often

Tags: early and often, latinos, matt lauer, media, meredith vieira, today show

Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb: It's Love!

Good-bye, Ann and Natalie! The fourth hour of the Today show is all about Hoda and Kathie Lee. No, seriously, it's all about them.

Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel : Intel

Tags: ann curry, hoda kotb, intel, kathie lee gifford, matt lauer, meredith vieira, natalie morales, nbc, today, today show

Kathie Lee Explodes Onto ‘Today’ Show

Kathie Lee Gifford is, in fact, joining the 'Today' show! And the wacky kids over there have just what we need to prepare: a montage. Montage!

Posted 03/31/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News

Tags: al roker, ann curry, In Other News, kathie lee gifford, matt lauer, meredith vieira, natalie morales, today, today show

New ‘WSJ’ Luxury-Title Editor: Which Archetype to Assign?

Today we learn that Tina Gaudoin will be the editor of a yet-to-exist quarterly luxury supplement to The Wall Street Journal. We imagine it will be sort of like the Times magazine T. Well, probably it will be exactly like it. But anyway, according to the memo obtained by Romenesko:

Tina will bring [the Journal] a valuable set of skills from her extensive career in the magazine world. She began her career at Tatler working as beauty editor. In 1992 she moved to New York to work on the re-launch of Harpers Bazaar. During her time in New York she also worked at Vogue as senior writer and then as a presenter on Barry Diller's Q2 channel. Returning to London, she became deputy editor of Tatler before launching the women's magazine Frank. After that she became editorial director of the iVillage UK web site . She joined The Times of London in 2003 as style director of its Saturday magazine and was named editor of the quarterly magazine The Times Luxx in June 2007.

So … luxury-journalism experience … luxury-journalism experience … something about Barry Diller … luxury-journalism experience. Hm. There doesn't seem to be anything in there about whether she is qualified to run a luxury journalism title. That is, there's no explanation of whether she has a ridiculously over-the-top personality and outrageously self-demanding personal (and sartorial) daily regimen. With a touching underdog story.

Posted 01/28/08 in Daily Intel : In the Magazine

Tags: bonnie fuller, harper's bazaar, in the magazine, meredith vieira, pursuits, tatler, times of london, tina gaudoin, wall street journal