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The Vendor Who Cried Wolf?
I’ve spent most of my career as a client, advocate and yes, even friend of dozens of people in charge of running various incarnations of the Nielsen Company. I’ve been their guest at numerous conferences, helped give them nearly a billion dollars worth of business, including what was once the largest single corporate commitment in
It’s Not A Revolution. It’s Probably A Shell Game
When the Wall Street Journal broke the news yesterday of the reported discussion of NBC abandoning programming the 10 PM Eastern hour by next fall, my phone and LinkedIn were ablaze with alerts and shock. How could a network that is frequently quite successful in winning the hour–the most strategically beneficial to companies as it
High Time We All Got Hopping
I listen to podcasts and news almost constantly, one of the “fringe benefits” of living in a city already obsessed with self-indulgence that has reached new heights of isolation in the era of the ENdemic. My algorithm has me alternating between both extreme progressive and extreme alt-right viewpoints, as well as plenty in between. My
Back To The Firehouse?
The announcement from today’s Los Angeles Times that onetime local morning news standout Michaela Pereira unexpectedly announced her impending departure from the co-anchor role of FOX 11’s GOOD DAY LA immediately made me think of an impromptu focus group in a San Fernando Valley fire station several years ago that reinforced some disturbing truths about
So How Big Is The House?
So yes, I indeed did watch the premiere episode of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. I thought it was at times riveting, at times overdone and I’m a far bigger fan of Matt Smith’s now than I was of his performance as Prince Philip in THE CROWN. And feel free to laugh, I had no idea
It’s Always Sunny In Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
I’ve envied Rob McElhenney from the moment I met him, when he and a couple of other struggling comedians parlayed a $200 demo tape into a six-episode afterthought order for an FX sitcom that was originally destined to be the filler for a more anticipated series about a weight loss group. 17 years later, no
Taking One’s Own Advice For Maintenance
So last week I got the renewal notice from God that I am starting another trip around the sun, which these days one doesn’t take for granted. Yesterday I sadly spent another warm afternoon at a cemetery helping to mourn and bury a beloved business colleague and friend who was taken from us way too
An L Of Their Own
Thirty years ago Penny Marshall produced what she would later describe as her most satisfying film, a poignant look at the World War II era All American Girls’ Professional Baseball League called A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. With the likes of the imposing and stunning Geena Davis and a vulnerable Tom Hanks as leads, not
Does America Need An Intervention?
I got some disturbing news this week about a good friend’s sister, who was fighting for her life and undergoing emergency surgery to replace her spleen as well as to treat many other injuries. Sadly, as it turned out the cause of those injuries was this woman’s, for lack of a better word, boyfriend. As