6 posts and columns on Jay Penske

Mobile Blogger “Boy Genius” Unmasked, Acquired

in Media on April 26, 2010 at 9:32 pm PT

You probably haven’t heard of Jonathan Geller. But you may have read his site. Geller’s Boy Genius Report is avidly followed by those obsessed with mobile phones and the companies who make them. Among those paying attention: Mail.com owner Jay Penske, who has just purchased Geller’s three-and-a-half year-old site.

The New Yorker Takes on Hollywood Power Blogger Nikki Finke

in Media on October 4, 2009 at 1:39 pm PT

Yet more–a lot of ink–on Nikki Finke, Hollywood’s best-read and most feared blogger. What does Finke think? “Amusing.” Meanwhile, what about Finke’s plans to hire a New York correspondent?
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Who’s Going to Work for Nikki Finke?

in Media on September 4, 2009 at 5:56 am PT

Nikki Finke, the Hollywood power blogger who recently began working for Jay Penske’s Mail.com Media Corp., has a new Web site. And soon, she will have a new employee–a “well-known figure from established media.” But who is it?
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Good Enough for Nikki Finke, Good Enough for Celebrity Editrix Bonnie Fuller: Mail.com Lands Another High-Profile Hire

in Media on July 16, 2009 at 3:18 pm PT

Want a media job? Dust off your resume, highlight your experience covering entertainment and Hollywood, and then give Jay Penske a call. The owner of Mail.com Media Corp. continues to make high-profile hires for his burgeoning Web publishing business. The latest: Celebrity editrix Bonnie Fuller, who will take over this Hollywood Life site.
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Sold! Hollywood Blog Queen Nikki Finke Goes to…Mail.com.

in Media on June 23, 2009 at 6:26 am PT

The Nikki Finke auction is over, and the winner is…Mail.com. Jay Penske’s Mail.com Media Corporation, which owns the Mail.com email service and a small portfolio of Web sites, has acquired the blogger, whose Deadline Hollywood Daily is a must-read for Hollywood.
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Gawker Refugees Get a Second Act: Defamer Crew Relaunches Movieline

in Media on April 14, 2009 at 3:10 am PT

Some people finish working for Nick Denton’s Gawker Media empire and do their best to never go back to blogging again. Not the veterans of Denton’s Defamer, the showbiz site he rolled into his Gawker flagship in February. The three men–Seth Abramovitch, Kyle Buchanan and S.T. VanAirsdale–are essentially reconstituting their old site, using the name and Web address of an even older site, Movieline.com.
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