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By Foster Kamer 2/14/12 9:12pm

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Rupert Murdoch Pulls an ‘Abrams’

Rupert Murdoch has just sealed his place in the pantheon of media moguls… Read More

By Drew Grant 1/02/12 4:57pm

Mediaite

Managing Editor Colby Hall Leaves Mediaite on a Non-Masturbatory Note

Disclaimer: Sorry, I used to write for Mediaite.

Colby Hall– the managing editor of Dan Abrams’ (Dan Abrams!) media site that is so un-navel-gazey that it put “Media” in its name and created a baffling metric ranking for “powerful” people in New York to judge their own placement in the incestuous workplace strata– is leaving for greener pastures at Clear Channel. But before he goes, he wants you to know one thing about Mediaite’s success. Well, actually there’s several things he wants you to know, and he’s put them all in a post titled “Lessons From Nearly Three Years In the Belly Of the Mediaite Beast.“ Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 8/30/11 11:18am

Not Since Aristotle

Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko Divided Over Gender Issues

Next month, the live debate series Intelligence Squared will put forth a motion so controversial it has already divided two halves of a media bromance.

“In a modern, information-age economy that appears better suited for women, many wonder if men are now permanently trailing. Education and employment statistics point to a clear and increasing dominance in Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 7/08/11 9:14am

Which Dan Abrams is this? (Getty Images)

Same Names and the City: Dan Abrams, Bill Keller, David Chang (Not the Ones You Think!) Mess With Celebs’ Personal Brands

“Dan Abrams and I emailed a bit about possibly trading our Twitter handles,” said Dan Abrams, a writer/producer in New York, of an exchange with the ABC News analyst three years ago. “I probably would have—he was like, I’ll take you out to dinner. I wasn’t at a point where my name was a Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 2/16/11 1:19am

The Transom

The Lion’s Catty Boys: The Claws Come Out for Dan and Dave

The cubs are pawing each other over at the Lion. As the West Village spot bids to pick up the mantle of Waverly Inn, several stakeholders are distancing themselves and the restaurant from its two most conspicuous investors, Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko.

Recruited by partners casting about for their requisite media maven-as-restaurateur (a Read More

By Dan Duray 8/12/10 7:07pm

Mediaite Defends Video Appropriation, Quietly Removes Appropriated Video

Video content on Mediaite, the flagship site in Dan Abrams’ blog empire, received a harsh analysis by Jeff Bercovici today, who wrote that the site’s practice of hosting television clips “tests the limits of fair use.”

As Bercovici explained, more than half of the site’s traffic comes from its embeddable video player, which Read More

By Dan Duray 7/28/10 12:52pm

I Am Sifton, Hear Me Roar: The Lion Fares Poorly in The Times

“Who wants club food if anyone can have it?” Sam Sifton asks at the end of his anticipated write-up of The Lion, a question that seems to sum up the spirit of his one-star review.

Sifton was apparently spotted every time he dined at restaurant—which is partially owned by Read More

By Dan Duray 7/16/10 9:51pm

Exclusive

The Lion Will Receive a ‘C’ From the City

Hold off on that rib eye for two!

As the New York City Department of Health gears up to release its much heralded restaurant health grades at the end of the month, The Observer decided to check up on The Lion, the restaurant owned by Dave Zinczenko and Dan Abrams. Turns Read More

By Felix Gillette 5/12/10 9:16pm

Lion Share

The Lion’s Diet

Modelizing media wingmen Dan Abrams (Mediaite) and David Zinczenko (Men’s Health) have opened a restaurant on West Ninth Street! We already knew that the restaurant was “engineered for table hopping,” but how to square chef John DeLucie’s fare with Mr. Zinczenko’s draconian best-selling diet plan? Below, we offer a humble comparaison Read More

By Felix Gillette 10:37pm

Lion Kings

Urban Daddy: Dan Abrams’ and Dave Zinczenko’s New Restaurant “Engineered for Table-Hopping”

Not long ago, The New York Post reported that media wingmen Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko were investing in a new restaurant on West Ninth Street to be called The Lion.

Today, the second-person-loving nightlife newsletter Urban Daddy gave up an early peek into the playas’ den.

From Urban Daddy:

You’ll enter the Read More

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Rupert Murdoch Pulls an ‘Abrams’

Managing Editor Colby Hall Leaves Mediaite on a Non-Masturbatory Note

Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko Divided Over Gender Issues

Same Names and the City: Dan Abrams, Bill Keller, David Chang (Not the Ones You Think!) Mess With Celebs’ Personal Brands

The Lion’s Catty Boys: The Claws Come Out for Dan and Dave

Mediaite Defends Video Appropriation, Quietly Removes Appropriated Video

I Am Sifton, Hear Me Roar: The Lion Fares Poorly in The Times

The Lion Will Receive a ‘C’ From the City

The Lion’s Diet

Urban Daddy: Dan Abrams’ and Dave Zinczenko’s New Restaurant “Engineered for Table-Hopping”

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