Happy New Year indeed. If you are or happen to know any of the approximately 500 employees of the media companies of Amazon who woke up on the tenth day to learn they were no longer employed, you probably are adding a couple of additional NSFW adjectives between the words Happy and New. Look, all … Read more
I actually recall the wonder and awe of the World’s Fair that took place mere blocks from my childhood apartment sixty (gasp) years ago. If you’re of a certain age and geography, you might as well. Some of my fondest and earliest memories were of the many exhibits that promised the world of tomorrow. The … Read more
The 2024 Golden Globes are in the books, and to many who consider themselves keepers of the flame, it was a horrific viewing experience. A good deal of that opinion was driven by the opening monologue of a previously obscure comedian named Jo Koy, who managed to tick off not only almost everyone with a … Read more
There’s a new TV series premiering tonight, and I highly doubt they’ll be too many places that will consider it big news. It’s a basic cable network premiere, which is a world where in the pecking order of viewing and promotion priorities these days is a very distant third behind streaming and broadcast. It’s a … Read more
Hollywood’s awards season kicks off at long last tonight in Beverly Hills with the Golden Globes, trying to be a phoenix rising from the ashes of mismanagement and reportedly corrupt and biased voting to try and regain some lost relevance and significance. The ASSOCIATED PRESS’ Jake Coyle gives a nuanced, even-handed narrative: The Golden Globes are back … Read more
I’ve spent decades assisting dozens of media companies and hundreds of executives achieve optimal results. I know there are many who would dismiss that as a word salad, but if you actually walked a mile, nay, a few steps in my shoes, you’d know in a heartbeat that every single syllable of that self-assessment is … Read more
The holidays must be over, because the reaction to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Sarah Krause lengthy diatribe about how riled up folks are about the cost and proliferation of streaming services got a lot of attention from many other outlets, including a whole bunch not hidden behind costly paywalls of their own. As sister publication … Read more
Aside from it being a holiday Monday where FOX had a scheduling gap as it transitioned into its winter schedule there was no particularly monumental milestone, anniversary or death that would otherwise support why an evening that all knew would be annihilated in key demo ratings by the overwhelming presence of the national college football … Read more
Like it or not, we’ve somehow made it face-to-face with 2024. I suppose given the alternative it’s far, far better to be waking up with a fresh calendar and fresh start than not, although on plenty of days I’m hard pressed to be overly exurberant about it. Especially since so many have been such dire … Read more
So we’re in the final 23 hours of ’23 as this is being posted. Color me pleasantly shocked I came out the other end intact. On far more occasions than I’ve even been comfortable sharing with even the most loyal of you readers, I honestly didn’t think I’d be this resillient. Forget my personal struggles, … Read more