Chewing on Media's Next Wave

Jarvis Coffin, 07.08.2009

CEO & President, Burst Media

Does Food Network Magazine represent "media's next wave?"

Rethinking Wall Street: Why Bernie Madoff Makes Gordon Gekko Look Like Zac Efron

Jonathan Kim, 07.02.2009

Politics/Movie Geek, ReThink Reviews

But as the sordid details of the economic meltdown are revealed, it's clear that Gordon Gekko has nothing on the real corporate supervillains walking freely among us today.

Rockstar Crafts: the new face of the DIY life.

Kelly O'Reilly, 06.21.2009

As illuminated earlier this year by the fascinating book and subsequent documentary, Handmade Nation, the world of DIY crafting is undergoing a timely...

Whole Lotta Firing Going On

Michael Sigman, 06.17.2009

Writer/ Editor, Media Consultant and the President of Major Songs, a Music Publishing Company.

Donald Trump thought he'd made the words "You're Fired" so cool he tried to trademark them. But being the one on the other side of the desk can have its perils.

Miss California: The Morality Paradox

Tasha Gordon-Solmon, 06.13.2009

Playwright

Carrie Prejean made her comments while holding the title of Miss California. California is a state that keeps voting for Proposition 8. So really, everyone is criticizing her for doing her job and worse, for being a Californian.

Carrie Prejean Speaks With Rupert Murdoch About Joining Fox News

Matthew Filipowicz, 06.12.2009

Comedian, Cartoonist, Satirist

We have obtained exclusive footage of Carrie talking about that very subject with News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Take a look.

The Webby Award Speech: the original Twitter

Ariston Anderson, 07.10.2009

Culture Writer

Last night Seth Myers hosted the 13th Annual Webby Awards at the Wall Street Cipriani, a location that symbolized one more example of how new media is...

The Webbys: What I Saw, What I Said

Arianna Huffington, 07.10.2009

Lots of memorable moments at this year's Webby Awards. It was great having some of our HuffPost Politics team make the trip up from DC to celebrate our wins as Best Politics Site and Best Political Blog. I particularly enjoyed the way the organizers of the event paired people from the new media with people from the traditional media -- concluding with Martha Stewart presenting the Breakout of the Year award to Twitter cofounder Biz Stone (his five word acceptance speech: "Creativity is a renewable resource"). As for my five-word speech, I ended up going with: "I didn't kill newspapers...okay?" READ MORE I'll be guest hosting CNBC's Squawk Box Wednesday morning 7-9 am EDT, and will be interviewing Nassim Taleb, Jim Grant, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis). I'd love to have your help deciding what to ask them. Please post your suggested questions in the comments section.

I SPI: A Guide To Partying Like Oprah, Angelina & "The Donald"

Alison Palevsky, 07.09.2009

Here's how to plan your own do-it-yourself version of a big celebrity party -- for a fraction of the cost.

Stephen Colbert in Iraq

Sybil Adelman Sage, 07.09.2009

Television writer

Coming Soon: Martha Stewart and her crack team of home design experts show the troops how to redo their barracks with lighter, pastel shades for summer in Iraq.

Third Screen: Lotto Winner Gives Millions to the Arts

Vickie Karp, 07.08.2009

Blogger for huffpo and True/Slant.

In 2007, Cynthia Stafford won $120 million with her father and older brother. You know all those stories about folks who hit Lotto only to have t...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington, 06.30.2009

This week, I spent a couple of great days at Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher's annual D: All Things Digital conference. Among the highlights: watching Jill Sobule sing about Rupert Murdoch -- in front of Rupert Murdoch, and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg levitate around the conference after securing a $200 million investment from the Russians. The breakout star was new Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz -- and not just because of her perfectly timed F-bomb on the D7 stage. She was a quote machine: "Down 15 percent is the new flat" and "You can't take nine women and make a baby in one month; there is a process" were among my favorites. But the line of the week came from Martha Stewart who told me over lunch: "While Bernie Madoff was on his rampage, the SEC was busy pursuing me." For more on the conference, click here.

Friedman and Andrews Play the Clueless Defense

Yvette Kantrow, 06.28.2009

"I just wasn't paying attention." "It never even occurred to me to mention it." What do these two statements have in common? They were both uttered ...

Fear and Looting in America: Are We Really Out of Money?

Les Leopold, 06.27.2009

Author of The Looting of America

The top 400 billionaires are sitting on a huge pile of money, while our country is going deeply into debt to fix a financial system that has contributed mightily to their enrichment.

Attention Mr. Geffen

Fortune's Stanley Bing, 06.27.2009

Fortune Magazine Columnist

I read in a magazine someplace that you were interested in saving the New York Times. I think it's a terrific idea. I have one other idea for you.

This Week in Magazines: The "Test Madness" of Our Medical Lives

James Warren, 06.24.2009

Former managing editor and Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune

If President Obama truly wants to deal with our mess of a health care system, perhaps somebody should read June 8 Forbes and its concise dissection of our "test madness," namely endless and fear-ridden search for illness.

How to win the lottery -- yes, you read that correctly -- by visualizing it

Andrea Chalupa, 06.21.2009

Editor at AOL Money & Finance

During that long, lonely summer between high school and college, I was completely devastated after getting dumped by my high-school sweetheart. (It tu...

None Dare Call Him Poor

David Collins, 06.20.2009

Novelist

The nature of Timothy O'Brien's alleged defamation? He accuses Trump of being poor. It's just one guy's set of numbers as against another guy's set of numbers. Is it anything to sue about?

Anderson Cooper, Where Art Thou?

Iris Martin, 06.20.2009

Author of Mortgage Wars

We know you thrive on breaking news and our story is being suppressed, by evil banksters and their cronies, who would rather go bankrupt than confess.

David Geffen Loves the Times -- and Murdoch

Michael Wolff, 06.18.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

The two billionaires speak now a few times a week. Often, they check in with each other every day. And Murdoch and Geffen may be the last men in America still interested in newspapers.

Geffen Looking to Purchase NY Times: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 18, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 06.18.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

Media mogul David Geffen is seriously interested in purchasing a large stake in The New York Times Company. Rumors of Geffen's interest have increas...