[1][4] With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, Alderman George Freeman of Syracuse, he launched trade newspaper Variety as the publisher and editor.
[1] He passed the editorship to Abel Green in 1931 but remained as publisher until his death, soon after launching the magazine Daily Variety.
During his career, Silverman was known as the "oracle of show business, the sworn foe of grammar, and the man who never let anyone pay a check.
[6] In 1920, Silverman purchased an old brownstone building at 154 West 46th Street in New York, which became the company's headquarters until its sale and demolition in 1988.
[8] Silverman suffered from a bronchial condition and, for health reasons, had travelled to California for the two winters before his death.