Warren Buffett and Willow Bay look like they're having a fine old time at the Allen & Co. conference. Willow Bay? But isn't she a... journalist? And aren't journalists being restricted as never before at the media conclave? From DealBook:
In a heightening of security measures this year, the conference organizers have restricted press access to the Sun Valley Inn, where most of the events take place this year. Instead, reporters are being asked to stand behind a red rope. Already in years past, reporters have been barred from other venues on the expansive lodge to minimize contact with the executives. Need access? Carry a badge or wear one of the (cool) Allen & Company "SV10″ vests.
Of course, Bay has a big leg up over the other pencil pushers: She happens to be Mrs. Robert Iger. As for the interview, posted on Huffington Post where Bay is a senior editor, the questions focus on Buffett's use of new media. Turns out that he loves YouTube - "I might go there and listen to Frank Sinatra sing 'My Way.' So I'll click on that, then I'll see eight other things on the side and Sinatra doing something else, then one or two hours will go by and I've had the time of my life," he said. And of course there's the Web. But he doesn't do Facebook or Twitter, doesn't own an iPad, and isn't into e-reading.