Well it’s pretty clear what Netflix thinks of long holiday breaks. It’s the ideal opportunity for them to make sure the first thing you’re thinking about once someone fortunate enough to be employed isn’t prioritizing their employer or their profession. And in their quest for something they think is transparency, they’re even catering to a … Read more
I tend not to be as willing as, say, my roommate to be open to home page suggestions about what a smart TV thinks I should be interested in watching. The Netflix subscription is in his name (I pay for several of the competitors, to be sure) and lately he’s been spending an awful lot … Read more
Another wonderful TV series that I was fortunate enough to have a small part of helping to make into a success has come to an end, so forgive me if yet again I’m in a somewhat melancholy manner. THE GOOD DOCTOR aired its final episode on ABC last night and given what transpired in the … Read more
Sure, there’s a whole lot of power brokering and well-heeled executives from around the world screeening content in Los Angeles this week. But the really in crowd, as has been the case for most Mays since World War II, is gathering in the south of France. Sure, Cannes is home to plenty of other global … Read more
The week immediately preceding Memorial Day was always one of my favorite work week of the year. It usually meant I’d be exceptionally busy, but I wouldn’t have to worry about paying for a meal, or at times even gas, for at least a few days, and I’d undoubetedly learn something I never knew before … Read more
Recently, a co-worker suggested that I look into using the Nextdoor app to try and generate some potential leads for my part-time job. My company already drops paid ads on the platform so it was felt that anything I might add would appear seamless and enhance the chances of it being influential. Not that I … Read more
As if the Kansas City Chiefs needed it, yet another one of the players for their back-to-back Super Bowl championship team has become a household name. Until he was given the opportunity to speak to graduating students at a conservative college in Kansas, Harrison Butker was perhaps best known as a kicker who’d occasionally bail … Read more
Our long national nightmare is over. After months of speculation and out-and-out snarking from both sports fans and so-called media pundits alike (including moi, I confess), the unholy alliance of Yosemite Zas, Foxy Lachsie and Bob AIger took advantage of the waning moments of upfront week to make news, such as this summation from THE … Read more
I have a friend who is one of the more regular consumers of these musings, for which I am most grateful. If I had, say, a few million more of him out there, I might have been able to have been included in yesterday afternoon’s YouTube Brandcast. But, alas, at this point, I can fairly … Read more
If you ever spend any time among media people, especially in New York, you’re bound to hear the term sechel. A fascinating 2013 piece by JEWISH WORD’s George E. Johnson offers some context and how even those who have never spent a second in Hebrew school value it: Pronounced sekhel in Modern/Israeli Hebrew and seykhel in Yiddish, it can … Read more