On Second Thought, Paper Plates?

On Second Thought, Paper Plates?

With a media landscape newly awash with rampant rumors about mergers and acquisitions, ostensibly to “save the industry”, at least one that was on track to reality is now apparently back to square one.  Per THE VERGE’s Emma Roth: DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a … Read more

#LanDune.  Should You Really Be Surprised Which Is “Working”?

#LanDune. Should You Really Be Surprised Which Is “Working”?

Two competing streaming services with linear extensions (based on what went down at Comcast this week, I’m grudgingly conceding that this is the pecking order in this brave new media world) both launched expensive, highly anticipated scripted dramas this week.  Both leaned heavily on pre-existing fan bases to gain sampling, and both were providing something … Read more

Ozapalooza Comes To Washington

Ozapalooza Comes To Washington

Out of all of the many eyebrow and blood pressure-raising appointments to the incoming president’s cabinet that have been released in plumes of white smoke disguised as posts on Truth Social since a majority of Americans decided to bring him back to the country’s highest office, one that has been derided a bit more than … Read more

Can This Lazarus Raise The Dead?

Can This Lazarus Raise The Dead?

It was less than three weeks ago when the first news broke about the impending divorce of Comcast from its portfolio of cable networks.  We devoted a musing to it then when the consensus of experts, and this still small voice as well, was anything but upbeat. Yesterday, more news broke with further details–and a … Read more

The Fight After The Fight

The Fight After The Fight

It’s rare that the aftermath of a major sporting event can provoke more interest and intrigue than the event itself.  But given the bar that was set by the thoroughly uncompetitive exhibition, “sanctioned” or not, between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson which Netflix streamed to the world Friday night, there was more than a puncher’s … Read more

Hey, Dwayne (And Jeff).  You Got Rocks In Your Head?!?!

Hey, Dwayne (And Jeff). You Got Rocks In Your Head?!?!

The holiday movie season is officially under way, though the heavier hittiers, especially the components of #Glicked, are due later this week.  For this past weekend, we got the opportunity to see a couple of box office behemoths from established franchises cavort in what can only be termed as a somewhat bizarre offering.  Wikipedia tersely … Read more

Looks Like INSIDE THE NBA Is Fishing For New Opportunities

Looks Like INSIDE THE NBA Is Fishing For New Opportunities

NOTE:  This also appears today on our sister site, Double Overtime.  Please visit it regularly for musings and commentary on sports and technology. On an otherwise quiet Saturday, as almost an afterthought in reaction to some insider knowledge that THE RINGER’s Bill Simmons shared on X (what?  Not Bluesky?!?!), news began to spread that had … Read more