“The nerds came back to paradise” this past weekend. I once worked with a colleague who dismissively referenced the San Diego Comic-Con with such snark, because the very idea of interacting with fans was to this person cringe-worthy. The irony was that this person was in charge of creative for a network that depended upon … Read more
I am sometimes truly astounded by the naivete and convinction that so-called experts who pontificate on social media for sh-ts and giggles insist is true. A fresh new cry of “what, MORE fascism?!!” erupted when DEADLINE’s Ted Johnson dropped this story Thursday morning: ABC is switching affiliations in the St. Louis market, with plans to … Read more
Judging by how much jubilation was blowing up my timeline late yesterday afternoon, one thought have thought that actual progress had been made in what has increasingly become an issue for politicians and activists to attach themselves to. The NEW YORK TIMES’ Holy Trinity of Benjamin Mullin, David McCabe and Lauren Hirsch worked a slighly longer summer Friday … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. Until yesterday, I had no idea who Josh Pate, Will Compton and Taylor Lewan are. But I guarantee you than in less than 60 … Read more
I have been fortunate enough to have been able to call exceptionally talented and auspiced people colleagues and sometimes friends. But through an extremely convoluted set of events that I would need a 23-and-me expert to parse a few years ago I learned that one of them was also a cousin, albeit many times removed. … Read more
When one does what I’ve been doing as long as I have been doing it one has to accept the reality that no matter how cock-sure and certain one may be about a potential outcome there will be times when our prognostications will be proven to be dead wrong. It’s happened to me probably hundreds … Read more
I had to bid farewell to a friend yesterday, something I don’t do easily or willingly if you know me at all. Actually, he was more of a business bud, someone who would rely on me as a resource when he was an entertainment reporter for a major newspaper back in the days when such … Read more
There was little question that THE ODYSSEY was going to win the weekend and own cultural zeitgeist; indeed, the NBC Universal car wash both physical and digital has been relentlessly promoting for weeks and, thankfully, Christopher Nolan seemed to appear in articles and sound bites more often than almost anyone else in the world–yes, even … Read more
Yesterday turned out to be a coupla roller coasters for me in more ways than one. . The afternoon hours were spent attempting to take advantage of a celebratory day offered up by my employer’s new owners at Magic Mountain, one of the rare trips to an amusement park I’ve made of late. I did … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site THE DOUBLE OVERTIME. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. It’s not that easy to be a fan of the Texas Rangers. I’ve spent enough time in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to know that … Read more