Is LANDMAN Now The King Of The Mountain?

Is LANDMAN Now The King Of The Mountain?

A lot’s changed on the lot that at least for the moment is still known as the Paramount headquarters in just a year.  The ownership, for one.  The measurement service of record, for those like me to whom that small detail matters.  And, most def, what gets priority consideration in an ever-evolving landscape. When Taylor … Read more

1, Robot

1, Robot

I can’t say I’m either a connoisseur or a huge fan of country music.  My first exposure to it was when the struggling New York City radio station that was home to the Mets made an ill-fated decision to introduce the genre into the country’s largest market, somehow believing there were enough people who had … Read more

A (-) Bomb From A-Rod?  As Usual, Both Conclusions Are True.

A (-) Bomb From A-Rod? As Usual, Both Conclusions Are True.

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 technology.   I’ve always had a complicated relationship with the New York Yankees.  My heart–at least the ventricle holding my baseball fandom– will always and often inexplicably belong … Read more

Et Tube, Brute?

Et Tube, Brute?

For all the hype and hyperbole that surrounded last night’s Monday Night Football showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the green-clad World Champion Philadelphia Iggles, the game was sadly a stinker.  No frozen tundra.  Scoreless at the half, only a modest Jake Elliott field goal giving Philly a precarious 3-0 lead going into the … Read more

Another Coupla Brexits

Another Coupla Brexits

As someone with British lineage I tend to take more than a passing interest at what transpires across the pond, and as someone who’s overseen plenty of projects involving their media and worked collaboratively with dozens of their executives, I tend to take notice when they make news. Hence when this breaking news hit my … Read more

Will Plur1bus Be Unum?

Will Plur1bus Be Unum?

It’s been a hot minute since the words “prestige original” and the fine folks at Sony were intertwined in the same thought, especially in the half-decade since they parted ways with moi.    Oh, sure, they’ve had their fair share of successes and even a few projects that cut through the clutter to become buzzworthy … Read more

MAV-erick?  Or Just Plain Bull?

MAV-erick? Or Just Plain Bull?

Back in days where the word tech was most prominent following the name of a university in Georgia or Texas or a small college for geeks on Long Island there was a derogatory analogy applied to fans of the New York Yankees that rooting for them was like rooting for U.S. Steel.  That was in … Read more

Weir Family.  Aren’t We?

Weir Family. Aren’t We?

I recently was connected to a group of veteran media folks who convene once a month at a deli in the San Fernando Valley for lunch.  It’s one of those throwback places that hasn’t changed the menu or the decor since the last time I had been there–more than two decades ago.  Like the patrons, … Read more

Gold Morning, America

Gold Morning, America

You know how you know you’re getting old?   Shows are having milestone anniversaries–and I remember vividly when and where I was when they started. Such was the case exactly a half-century ago when I was struggling to wake up to schlep to school, a process that had at that point become particularly mundane.  I was … Read more