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Rock Crushes Scissors!!!

No, it wasn’t an earthquake that rippled through Hollywood, Wall Street and just about everywhere where the worlds of media and business intersect yesterday.  More like an avalanche. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Joe Flint was among the first that reported what went down: Paramount Skydance emerged victorious in the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery

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Media Musings

Everything That’s New Is Old Again

I’ve never quite understood exactly why SCRUBS broke through at all.  When it debuted a quarter-century ago it seemed to borrow elements from just about everything and everyone associated with it.  It was adjacent to ER, so the hospital setting was a natural, and it often attempted to draw from that show’s walk-and-talk shooting style. 

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News Notions

Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right. Or A Left.

At the risk of alienating even more people who apparently were only my friends if I shared the same level of unbridled anger at the current adminstration, I’ll confess I at least attempted to watch the spectacle that unfolded last night in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol.  You know, that tourist attraction that

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Media Musings

American Dud

The downside of a rare night out for me is that the following day leaves me even more sleep-deprived than usual.  Sunday was one of those rare occasions, so yesterday was one of those days where I needed several naps to try and catch up to the energy level I normally aspire to.  None of

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Media Musings

Finally, An NBC Comedy Even I Like

I haven’t been all that kind to NBC comedies in this decade.  Maybe it’s because I hold them to the high standard that the must-see TV components of the 80s and 90s set as a bar.  And no, I’m not being so unrealistic that I’m insisting everything be as massive and broad-appeal as the more

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Media Musings

Oh, So NOW He’s Interesting?

Throughout my career I’ve been blessed with top-down support from the various chairpersons and CEOs I’ve had the opportunity to work with.  Sometimes that didn’t sit all that well with the more thin-skinned folks that I actually reported into, but the nature of my responsibilities often put me into direct contact with their superiors and

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Media Musings

To Me, She’s The Katz’ Meow

A few of you more ardent followers and readers have observed that I do tend to lean more than a tad negative of late.  And after a day where the leader of the free world literally stunk up the internet and airwaves with perhaps one of the most nauseating combinations of press conferences and releases

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Media Musings

Have A Great Weekend. Unless, Of Course, You Work For Yosemite Zas

For the most part, I truly do envy those that are fortunate enough to still be working in positions of importance in media.  Considering where I am at this particular moment, that envy escalates greatly.  There’s only so much impact and pleasure one can get from what I do, and lately even those sporadic moments

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Sports Summises

G, Here’s A Pitch You May Have Not Considered To Deal With Tanking

The NBA season resumes tonight after a six-day sabbatical with a robust slate of ten games, including a highly anticipated litmus test for the league’s surprisingly front-running Detroit Pistons in both the spotlight and crosshairs of Madison Square Garden for a globally streamed showdown with league management and domestic media rights owners’ pre-season favorite for

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