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No-No Nonet
I’m passionate about many things, but few more so than the New York Mets. We’re about the same age, we both call Flushing our hometown, we’ve spent many afternoons and evenings together both in person and via TV and radio (and now, of course, streaming media) and while we’ve had some success, we’ve had far
May The Fourth Be With Me
What a difference a year and a month make. Or not. At the beginning of April 2021, fresh from my Florida vacation and the most crowd-free spring training I’ve ever experienced, I joyfully trucked up to the massive vaccination site in the parking lot of Six Flags Magic Mountain, clad in my crisp new City
What a Fool Believes?
Less than one day after Elon Musk announced his intention to take a spare $44B and acquire Twitter, attentive observers started noticing some seismic shifts in the number of followers that certain accounts had, all of which were double-digit multiples of their average daily fluctuations. As SocialBlade widely reported, everybody’s favorite gun-toting congresswoman Marjorie Taylor
There’s A Musky Stench In The Aviary
I had a couple of long drives over the last 48 hours to listen to, absorb and ponder the ramifications of the tentative sale of Twitter to Elon Musk. As anyone who pays any level of attention to news, social media, politics or gossip already knows, many are already predicting either the fulfilling of Musk’s
More Than Research
I’ve been around media for more than four decades professionally and more than six decades personally. If you haven’t already figured it out, I live to experience the connection of content and mind and the business and psychological dynamics that go into it. I consider myself more experienced and accomplished than many, but hardly unique
Woke Up Already!
I’m continually bemused by the sheer level of arrogance and attitude that some millennial and Gen Z creatives have against people of my vintage. There is an almost elitist air about many of them who believe that no one over 35 matters, that what appeals to them should appeal to anyone of consequence, and that
Netflix and Chillier–Maybe Try to Be NetFX?
A longtime comrade in arms gave some feedback on my recent post regarding Netflix’s announced pivot to an ad-supported streaming option and the challenges they will face in getting into the game significantly enough at a stage when so many competitors are already in it or far more prepared to do so. (I actually was
Sometimes You Just Gotta Let the Ball Drop
I imagine when Chris Licht first took the gig as head of CNN he had a similar reaction to the CNN+ business plan as I did when I got set up with Marilyn. Well-intentioned, to be sure. But not for me. But in both situations the challenge is to be respectful enough to those who
Netflix and Chilling
Yesterday’s massive drop in the valuation of Netflix stock sent shock waves through the investment community, as not only did Netflix suffer on the heels of its disclosure that for the first time in a decade they lost subscribers year over year but other media companies who serve as their chief rivals fell significantly as