5 posts and columns on Ari Emanuel

Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
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Lady Gaga + 126,000 Pasty Geeks + Vegas = BoomTown Nirvana

in News on January 6, 2011 at 6:24 am PT

The iconic singer and performance artist Lady Gaga will be appearing at the Consumer Electronics Show later today to unveil “creations” she came up with for Polaroid, as its creative director. Gaga said a year ago here that she would be coming up with “prototypes in marrying the fields of fashion/technology/photography innovation.” Oh, goody. Fishnet stockings that can post pictures to Instagram!

Videos of the Three Best Sessions at the Web 2.0 Summit

in Social on November 18, 2010 at 7:08 pm PT

I spent the first half of the week at and around the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. This year’s edition felt a bit smaller than before, but it still attracted some of the key characters on and off the Web. If you weren’t there or didn’t tune in to the event’s first-ever full livestream, and want to catch up, here are some of the highlights, which have already been posted to the O’Reilly YouTube account.

Viral Video: Late-Night Debacle Makes for Good Jokes at Least (Plus BoomTown's Zucker Interview, Pre-Disaster)

in News on January 11, 2010 at 1:22 am PT

Although BoomTown completely enjoyed having dinner with Hollywood agency overlord Ari Emanuel last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, I have little interest in the money and scheduling machinations that broke out last week over NBC Universal’s late-night television talk shows. But I do love the roundelay of online videos this Tinseltown mess has created. Here is a selection, as well as my D7 interview with NBC head Jeff Zucker, in which he talked about the changes to the lineup that are now being changed back.
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Is Google Getting a Hollywood Tour Guide? Former William Morris Boss Jim Wiatt May Take YouTube Consulting Gig.

in Media on September 2, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Does Google need a Hollywood guide? It may be getting one: Jim Wiatt, the former head of the fabled William Morris talent agency, has been talking to the company about a consulting gig for its YouTube video site. Wiatt, who is leaving his old job in the aftermath of his agency’s highly contentious merger with the Endeavor agency, discussed the idea with Google and YouTube executives in Mountain View last week, multiple sources said.
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