Gotta hand it to the marketing mavens at what’s left of Paramount Global. When they make a mistake, they admit it. Well, eventually. Pretty much every site dedicated to streamers was abuzz earlier this week with the news of yet another rebranding, including the relatively respectful Charles Pulliam-Moore of THE VERGE: This week Paramount informed … Read more
It’s already been a hellish summer in New York City by any standard. They’ve been in the middle of an oppressive heat wave that has temperatures and humidity well into the nineties, and both the Mets and Yankees have been in extended slumps; the Mets’ already costing them first place. And that’s on top of … Read more
I’m in the demographic sweet spot that was undoubtedly going to click on TELL ME EVERYTHING, the Hulu documentary about the life and career of Barbara Walters that the platform dropped yesterday. You’ve undoubtedly heard of her given the breadth of her storied career, a six decade juggernaut where she was ever-present in both daytime … Read more
Maybe it was the fact that tens of thousands of really cool and smart people were conducting business meetings at poolside cabanas at Cannes Lions wearing beachwear and flip flops. Maybe it was the fact that open bars and late night stops at Le Pizza were creating a vibe that put just about anything in … Read more
I’m a fervent believer that the eye test and the “I” test should supercede any and all written articles or testimonies on just about any subject. What I’ve experienced personally shapes my opinions first and foremost; short of that, if two or more otherwise disconnected people who have had their own personal experience with someone … Read more
No matter how much of a lull the media world may be in, leave it to the good folks at Nielsen to throw chum into the waters around this time every month when they release the first iteration of The Gauge, their “analysis” of media consumption that those that are still covering this beat immediately … Read more
Yep, it’s definitely not the busiest time of year in the media world. Awards season deadlines have come and gone, upfronts and screenings have been held and the ensuing negotiations that come from them are still nascent. We’re only just now starting to see even summer schedules released, and the bigger theatrical gambits might be … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site Double Overtime. Please visit it regularly for coverage of sports of all sports plus occasional essays on technology. At least on paper, I self-identify as a research consultant, and I’d contend in certain areas my level of expertise and experience would rival anyone, anywhere. … Read more
If you’re a regular reader you may have noticed that I tend to get melancholy when people who once were a vital part of my professional life move on. This is most definitely one of those occasions. Thankfully, the news that among others VARIETY’s Michael Schneider reported yesterday was merely a professional coda. But it … Read more
I got this uncomfortable feeling of deja vu when the much anticipated news of yet another cosmetic divide of a struggling media company came down early yesterday morning. Here’s how CNN’s Brian Stelter reported it: Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two separate publicly traded companies – one oriented around the HBO Max streaming service … Read more