Tina Brown and Barry Diller's blogger collaboration, The Daily Beast, launched this weekend. You guys remember Tina Brown right? She looks just like Jane Lynch and was the editor who helmed all the redesigns for the snazzier new Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. And Barry Diller is like the gay Rupert Murdoch who controls IAC (not AIG).

So far, the site works more as a news aggregator than an original content source, but some big names have already signed for the Huffpost-esque site. That explains why Diller, who financed the site, was so keen on snuggling up with Arianna and spending millions for their joint comedy site 23/6. Avoiding bad blood isn't cheap, esp. if you want a such a gracious soundbite from Queen Huffington:

"The more sites offer smart, compelling content, the more people will get their news there. And that's good for all of us," she says.

That's very sweet of Arianna, to let Tina Brown have her moment in the sun with guest-blogger Tucker Carlson. If the Grecian mogul isn't secretly snickering behind her hand right now while accepting Diller's backing dollars with the other, then the woman has more self-control than celebrity friends.