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Calgetty: And I still cant get my Google Chrome to work right. Also, hoping to see Lucy Southworth (11) on the cover and centerfold for the American Mathematic... more »

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#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 »

#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 »

#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 »

#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. More »

#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 »

#layoffs