I confess that I was never a huge fan of THE OFFICE, certainly not the critically acclaimed Ricky Gervais version that my FX colleagues were gleefully sharing DVDs of for their own “research” nor the Steve Carell-fronted NBC version that quietly debuted in the spring of 2005 on what used to be their Thursday night … Read more
Yeah, sure, CBS, you can call the second week of October a premiere week if you want to. Those of you with actual experience with ratings who are still around (well, at least until November) know darn well your bell is going off this weekend when you devote Sunday to the NFL and, in perhaps … Read more
When we last checked in on how Ken Solomon was doing the news was relatively upbeat. You might recall back in April we mused about how his career was taking on a new path when he answered the clarion call of one Dr. Philip C. McGraw, taking on the full-time challenge of turning the one-time … Read more
Thank you, vandals of my area. Your callous actions that slashed the internet cables that now deny myself and 42 other SOL subscribers internet access for a minimum of three weeks has now given myself a reprieve from ranting, praising and chiding. And you readers a break as well. We are working on obtaining alternative … Read more
Unless you travel in very specific circles, you probably wouldn’t recognize the name Bruce Perlowin. And unless you were as blessed as I was to encounter some very special people, you definitely wouldn’t know the name Todd Denkin. And that’s a shame, because you should. I’ve been evangelizing those thoughts to anyone who would care … Read more
Jay Penske, publisher extraordinaire and NASCAR nepobaby, has recently made headlines of his own again, at least via the few objective media journalism sites he doesn’t already own. MEDIAPOST’s Ray Schultz published as succinct a recap as possible on the site’s PUBLISHERS’ FORUM yesterday: Penske Media Corp. reportedly has warned offsite workers that they must … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site TheDoubleOvertime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sorts plus occasional essays on business and technology. For someone who’s as addicted to sports and technology as moi, today’s the first day of the rest of our lives. And if you’re somewhat more … Read more
You know how I’ve railed against the amount of time and money that’s been wasted on changing the name of a media company? You hopefully do recall those incidences; I went on such a rant as late as yesterday. There is a caveat to all of that vitriol though. The changes I worked on, not … Read more
It was hard to keep a straight face when I saw this nugget that somehow qualified as breaking news in the cable industry come in from multiple sources yesterday. Even though it was written rather plainly, it was practically trolling that one such source was CNN’s Brian Stelter: As the cable news channel MSNBC splits … Read more
I’m always a little jazzed when someone (or, more accurately, some machines) plow through exorbitant amounts of data to conclusively show that it corroborates what has otherwise been asserted as gospel truth that heretofore had been given the same sort of attitude that Bill Maher often references in his monologues. I don’t know it for … Read more