Sure, there’s a whole lot of power brokering and well-heeled executives from around the world screeening content in Los Angeles this week. But the really in crowd, as has been the case for most Mays since World War II, is gathering in the south of France. Sure, Cannes is home to plenty of other global … Read more
The week immediately preceding Memorial Day was always one of my favorite work week of the year. It usually meant I’d be exceptionally busy, but I wouldn’t have to worry about paying for a meal, or at times even gas, for at least a few days, and I’d undoubetedly learn something I never knew before … Read more
Our long national nightmare is over. After months of speculation and out-and-out snarking from both sports fans and so-called media pundits alike (including moi, I confess), the unholy alliance of Yosemite Zas, Foxy Lachsie and Bob AIger took advantage of the waning moments of upfront week to make news, such as this summation from THE … Read more
I have a friend who is one of the more regular consumers of these musings, for which I am most grateful. If I had, say, a few million more of him out there, I might have been able to have been included in yesterday afternoon’s YouTube Brandcast. But, alas, at this point, I can fairly … Read more
If you ever spend any time among media people, especially in New York, you’re bound to hear the term sechel. A fascinating 2013 piece by JEWISH WORD’s George E. Johnson offers some context and how even those who have never spent a second in Hebrew school value it: Pronounced sekhel in Modern/Israeli Hebrew and seykhel in Yiddish, it can … Read more
It was about as old school a day as was possible on the streets of Manhattan yesterday. Hundreds of media buyers and sellers eagerly schlepping by limo, taxi, Uber and even the Number 7 line to glitzy, star-filled unveilings of the fall TV schedules. NBC kicking it all off as they have for decades, utilizing … Read more
When my friend the talent expert texted me last week urging me to check out what was happening on Netflix, I immediately knew it worth my time to do so. Unlike far too many others in my life these days, he’s an exceptionally busy executive and family man with a frenetic schedule and countless responsibilities. … Read more
You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of Joe Penner. After all, he never lived to see World War II, and the few surviving examples of his work are pretty much limited to grainy old time radio recordings and some animated caricatures in Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons of the 1930s. But trust me, at one … Read more
You almost have to feel a little sorry for our friends Yosemite Zas and Bob AIger. Sure, they’re defying the demographic curves by being white men over 60 that are employed, and they’ve got loving families supporting them as a result. For those reasons alone, despite how sometimes I am a tad harsh on them … Read more
I really don’t like to spend my time lamenting about how things used to be. Plenty of folks in my demographic bracket tend to go that route, and while I’m as much of a fan of nostalgia as anyone, I usually get far more excited about something I haven’t seen before. There’s nothing any of … Read more