Lehman Continues Staff Cuts

1,500 more jobs were eliminated at the bank this week. Plus, the latest on Michael Phelps, JPMorgan, Steve Jobs, and more.

Posted 08/29/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: barack obama, bianca jagger, bloomberg, company town, google, jpmorgan, lehman, luke russert, michael phelps, michael wolff, rupert murdoch, steve jobs, vanity fair

Kathy Griffin Has Not Learned Her Lesson About Child-Star Jokes

Plus, dish on Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Clinton and the 'Gossip' girls in our daily roundup.

Posted 06/06/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: bravo, calvin klein, cindy adams, david carr, ed mcmahon, gavin rossdale, gossipmonger, gwen stefani, heath ledger, heather mills, hillary clinton, isaac mizrahi, jane fonda, jerry springer, jessica szohr, kathy griffin, mary kate olsen, maxim, melissa joan hart, michael wolff, michelle trachtenberg, miley cyrus, moly simms, nicole richie, philip seymour hoffman, tila tequila

It’s Soon Going to Be Even Harder to Get a Seat in Bryant Park for Lunch

Plus the latest on Lehman, lawyers, and the state of print media, in our daily industry roundup.

Posted 06/05/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: bear stearns, company town, david carr, jacob weisberg, jamie dimon, jpmorgan, keith kelly, lehman brothers, mergers and acquisitions, michael wolff, new york times, newsday, newsweek, slate, webster hall

Stayin' Alive: Alan Patricof

Every so often you read a profile of an old person that seems like an obituary, even though the person is not yet dead. Such is the case with Fortune's piece on 70-year-old venture capitalist (and early, not-so-dearly departed New York Magazine investor) Alan Patricof. This is not necessarily the fault of the author, Oliver Ryan. Patricof has been around so long that every story about him in the past twenty years has seemed like an obituary. Ryan uses Patricof's new "web 2.0 life" — his second (third? fourth?) coming as an digital-media investor with Greycroft Partners — as a starting point for rattling off a laundry list of accomplishments: his co-founding of private-equity group Apax Partners, his fund-raising for the Clintons, yar yar yar. Ryan even calls him "the man who owns the Internet" and a "mobile maestro" — which is funny because Patricof's ignorance of the Internet was at one point rather funnily documented. The whole thing is interspersed with testimonials from various celebrity friends that would sound like eulogies if they were in the past tense.

Posted 09/11/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News

Tags: alan patricof, In Other News, michael wolff, old white dudes

Blogs Not Stylish Enough For ‘Vogue’

Valerie Plame allegedly canceled her upcoming chat with Keith Olbermann because her publisher wants to "maximize the publicity" when her book comes out. At a recent fundraiser, Bill Clinton attacked the New York Times for the paper's treatment of his wife. (Who he thinks is "very electable"). Anna Wintour thinks the word "blog" is "garish-sounding," and wants her staff to come up with an alternate word. Michael Wolff is going to Michael's tonight for a party, breaking a two-year boycott after he was once denied a table. Famous folks continue to eat at the Waverly Inn. Lindsay Lohan has partied a lot since she came to New York last week.

Posted 03/16/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: anna wintour, bill clinton, gossipmonger, heather mills, jay-z, judi giuliani, keith olbermann, lindsay lohan, michael wolff, valerie plame