Gawker (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Ron Burkle, supermarket magnate and friend of Bill Clinton and sleeper-with of models, used to own a magazine, with his friend Yusef Jackson. The magazine was called Radar. Last Friday, Jackson and...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
Ron Burkle, supermarket magnate and friend of Bill Clinton and sleeper-with of models, used to own a magazine, with his friend Yusef Jackson. The magazine was called Radar. Last Friday, Jackson and...
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Towleroad, Andy Towle’s site, has a report from the fundraiser hosted by Ron Burkle. ‘No on Prop 8′ raised at least $3.9 million from last night’s event! Ron Burkle underwrote the entire evening so that every dollar donated went to the No on Prop 8 campaign. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom donated $100,000. David Hyde Pierce [...]
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
I have a report from last night's major 'No on Prop 8' fundraiser at Ron Burkle's estate in Beverly Hills. Our source writes: "First the good news: 'No on Prop 8' raised at least $3.9 million from last night's event!...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
It’s true that in the pursuit of his library and foundation, Bill has been consorting with some unsavory people. Topping his grubby directory is billionaire Ron Burkle, who accounted for 20% of Bill’s 2003-07 earnings. When Burkle (whose airplane is nastily nicknamed “Air F*** One” and who was accompanied by someone “not much older than 19”) flew in with Bill into a society wedding, Vanity...
Passion of the Weiss (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... shall not be had in the champagne room unless it is had with Juelz Santana Freekey Zeekey, and/or Ron Burkle. When searching for a hook-man, satori can only be found from a singer who can serve as his own yin and yang: meaning, he must rip off Akon and T-Pain in equal measure. Pop champagne. Pop it hard. Pop it slow. Pop it when ballin’. Pop it when unemployment and economic turmoil are...
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
... subject line “Make her jaw drop.” 3. Who would be most interested to learn that you have flown on Ron Burkle’s private jet with Bill Clinton? a. The R.N.C.b. Hustler.c. The U.S. Attorney General.d. Hillary. 4. Have you ever socialized with: a. A Baldwin brother?b. A Serbian war criminal'c. A Senate page? d. Senator Joseph Lieberman? 5. Please provide the proper phonetic pronunciation of...
The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Steve Ballmer would be best, but Yahoo's Semel-picked board will back insider Decker, a dissident shareholder predicts. Jerry Yang is leaving Yahoo!, sending shares higher, but I blame Chairman Roy Bostock and other directors like Ron Burkle, Eric...
Jossip (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Now that Barack Obama is making some gestures that seem p. serious towards Hillary Clinton becoming the next Secretary of State (which includes a lot of fun trips to Bosnia, no doubt!) the senator from New York is going to relinquish information her husband's closed-door financial activities . Which is sort of amazing, because Bill Clinton's ties to investors like Ron Burkle and Canadian mining...
Jossip (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Raffaello Follieri, the con-man who duped Ron Burkle and other investors with claims of ties to the Vatican (but will always be referred to as Anne Hathaway's ex) does not find prison to be the Trump Towers he is normally accustomed to. A letter from his lawyer reveals that Follieri has blood in his urine and [...]
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... was firmly ensconced in the job even as the board discussed his ouster.Add to the list investors Ron Burkle, Gary Wilson, and Art Kern, . Can anyone say what Yahoo has gotten from their collective 26 years on the board'Corporate raider Carl Icahn, too, should make his stay on Yahoo's board brief and symbolic, a prize won for waging a fierce battle with Yahoo management over its failure to...
Jossip (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Internet , MinnPost , New York Times , nonprofit , Ron Burkle , Watchdog Media
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... friendsBill Clinton also likes to fly around on private jets with . At least one of them, Ron Burkle, takes money from Dubai's government and has invested in a Chinese media company. Clinton has earned "at least $12.6 million since 2002 from his work as an adviser to Mr. Burkle," according to the Times.Hillary Clinton is so not diplomaticIn the first days of Bill Clinton's presidency,...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... friendsBill Clinton also likes to fly around on private jets with . At least one of them, Ron Burkle, takes money from Dubai's government and has invested in a Chinese media company. Clinton has earned "at least $12.6 million since 2002 from his work as an adviser to Mr. Burkle," according to the Times.Hillary Clinton is so not diplomaticIn the first days of Bill Clinton's presidency,...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... ties, in particularly his relationship with Yucaipa Cos., an investment firm run by campaign donor Ron Burkle. Of concern was Clinton's partnership in the company's global investment fund, along with Burkle and a company with closely tied to the ruler of Dubai. And it's not as if Hillary hasn't dealt with any of these questions before. "This is a woman who has been a U.S. senator...
