January 14, 2008 |
Short Order
Is Michael Eisner planning to launch a new food network? That’s what I hear. My historically reliable source tells me Eisner is working with a power from earliest Food Network days. “I know nothing about a new food network, although I just had breakfast,” Eisner responds to my morning email (and job application). “There must be confusion with someone else.”
“Of course I am deeply disappointed,” I respond. “Maybe you should start a new food network, cable and on the net... it would be fun. And after all, you just had breakfast. And you will again tomorrow.”
His final email is signed with a smiley face. “Someday” is his reply.
Could he? Should he? After all, he did buy Topps for $385 million (milk shake money). Isn’t food hotter than bubble gum?
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