Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Condé Nast Goes Shopping, Spends $14 Million on ZipList

Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 12:33 pm PT

A shopping list/recipe planner that will help power services like Epicurious.

Martha Stewart Makes Her Home on the Internet (Video)

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 1:56 pm PT

Apps and digital editions, how-to content and litter boxes, were all topics of discussion in a D: Dive Into Media session with Martha Stewart herself and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Lisa Gersh.

Martha Stewart on Her Changing Media Empire

Ina Fried in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 11:30 am PT

“We are relentless in serving our customers where they need us, where they want us,” Stewart said, speaking at D: Dive Into Media on Tuesday.

Gilt Groupe Returns Its CEO: Kevin Ryan, Susan Lyne Swap Places

Peter Kafka in Media on September 27, 2010 at 9:42 am PT

Gilt Groupe, the earliest and best known of the U.S. “private sale” shopping sites, has a new boss: Founder Kevin Ryan, who previously served as the company’s chairman, is now running the company. Susan Lyne, brought in as CEO two years ago from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, has been moved into Ryan’s old chairman slot.

Gilt Groupe's Susan Lyne Talks About Fashion, Local and (Not) IPO!

Kara Swisher in News on August 26, 2010 at 2:03 pm PT

Yesterday, BoomTown dropped into the lower Park Avenue offices of the New York-based Gilt Groupe, the online fashion retail site, to talk to its CEO, Susan Lyne. Since 2007, the site has raised $83 million, giving it a $400 million valuation and spurring interest from investment bankers who think Gilt might be a good candidate for an initial public offering. That’s doubtful for now, given how important it is for Gilt to expand its business, even as competition increases.

Wanted: Online Ad Sales Heads for Both Yahoo and Microsoft

Kara Swisher in News on March 24, 2010 at 12:04 pm PT

Even though they are two of the Internet’s largest advertising businesses, both Yahoo and Microsoft are without top execs to lead those units. Worse, both are just entering a complex online ad sales and search partnership together, which will require a lot of management firepower. Yahoo’s main online ad sales head just left and Microsoft has been searching for one for a year now. So, here’s the skinny on who is in the running.

Digital Management Musical Chairs: The Tooth-Free Edition

Kara Swisher in News on September 8, 2009 at 6:30 am PT

Longtime Yahoo exec Brad Garlinghouse’s appointment to a new job at AOL today is yet another sign of an interesting trend for those keeping score of the comings and goings of top Internet execs. As anyone who watches the digital space knows by now, this kind of management musical chairs is common and never-ending, although it seems more frantic than ever of late. In fact, borrowing a quote by IAC/InterActiveCorp chairman and CEO Barry Diller from an onstage interview I did with him at the sixth D: All Things Digital conference, and switching out Hollywood for Silicon Valley: “[It] is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.”

Media Link's Michael Kassan (in NYC) and Wenda Millard (From a Boat Somewhere Near Slovenia) Speak About Their New MySpace Gig!

Kara Swisher in News on August 20, 2009 at 4:48 pm PT

Wenda Harris Millard–calling in to BoomTown HQ from a cruise either on the way to or the way from Slovenia, since she said she was not exactly sure, given that it was the middle of the night there–wanted to make one thing clear: She is still working for her other dozens of clients at Media Link as its president, but also has a big new gig helping MySpace get its advertising sales house in order, especially related to strategy and execution. “I guess it’s a matter of semantics, but I will be leading the engagement,” said Millard. “But we have a whole team here too, and I am also still working for all our great clients.” Okay, people?!? Which is, in Slovenian, in case anyone asks there, Wenda: Vidirati narod?