So my one time (VERY briefly) colleague Linda Yaccarino is back in the news, and yet again, the outpouring of disbelief and sympathy from those who claim to know her far better than I do has been almost as newsworthy as the statement she made. As HUFFPOST’s David Moye attempted to empathically report earlier this … Read more
I managed to find a little time yesterday to check out the season premiere of a show that somehow I had never seen before. But since I happen to know a couple of members of the recurring guest cast of TYLER PERRY’S RUTHLESS, I spent some time in the BET+ ecosystem. As it turned out, … Read more
I’ve taken more than a few jabs at the actions, decisions and attitude taken by Warner Brothers Discovery’s czar David Zaslav since he ascended to this throne two Aprils ago. While to Hollywood he was an outsider, he did help build an empire of profitable, distinct and popular linear networks in the relatively less glitzy … Read more
The news that dropped yesterday afternoon on several media and even a couple of general business sites was neither surprising nor unexpected. But it still was a sobering reminder of the passage of time and more than a little personally upsetting when I read what the LOS ANGELES TIMES’ Stephen Battaglio reported: The media business … Read more
MEMO TO: WENDY MCMAHON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CBS NEWS AND STATIONS AND CBS MEDIA VENTURES FROM: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT, SL MEDIA ENTERPRISES RE: ALL THIS NEWS STUFF Hello again, Ms. McMahon. It’s been a while since my last outreach and boy, has your plate filled up. You have jurisdiction over just about everything outside … Read more
I freely admit that I’m not the most ardent follower of all things GAME OF THRONES; I’ve only sampled parts of several episodes of the OG series even when it was one of the last vestiges of appointment Sunday night television that drove HBO to the level of fandom and zeitgeist that defined at least … Read more
On balmy Saturday mornings, I actually allow myself a few minutes to pore through the physical pages of my LOS ANGELES TIMES. These days, it doesn’t take all that much time anyway; aside from the real estate inserts, it’s a mere two sections where sports, local news and entertainment share one of them. And yesterday, … Read more
NOTE: This story also appears today on our sister site, Double Overtime (thedoubleovertime.com) Please visit it regularly for musings on sports. The Olympics are providing an awful lot of wonderful stories so far at a time when they are SORELY needed. Many involve the expected that had had previous glory and notoriety, such as the … Read more
I’m arguably as passionate and diverse a sports fan as you will find, and based on how my life has been going of late I consider my media subscriptions to be sacrosanct priorities to keep my sanity. And since I don’t exactly have unlimited funds, I’m forever looking for ways to save a few bucks … Read more
It was a newsworthy story, to be sure, but it didn’t necessarily need a well-known author to tell the world about it. In fact, it took two somewhat obscure PEOPLE staffers, Stephanie Wenger and JP Mangalindan, to author this yesterday: Norah O’Donnell is stepping down as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News following the 2024 presidential … Read more