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Privacy Or Perception?
As the countdown to what will undoubtedly be one of the most crucial and contentious upfront negotiating seasons ever continues, there is an impressive collaborative effort being led by several media conglomerates with linear and streaming platforms, including NBC Universal, Televisa Univision, Paramount Global and Warner Brothers Discovery, to stimulate the sharing and availability of
From Banger To Binger?
So I finally gave into the latest craze of 2023,. Thanks to the newly available Microsoft Bing Chat update that was released earlier this week, now I can afford to join the millions who already paid $50 or so for the likes of Chat GPT. So far, I haven’t been asked for a penny, so
Success Was Meant Tubi
Lately, there has been a lot of failure in media news, particularly in the subset of streaming platforms. Not a day goes by when something negative about overly ambitious subscription goals not being met, ambitious series not achieving enough traction to warrant being produced beyond one or two seasons, or the pious belief that a
Take Them Out Of The Ballgame!
The news was not unexpected. Anyone who has followed sports, media or business knew about this Ides of March was going to be a hallmark day in the history of how and where fans see their favorite teams’ games. Still, the news that reverberated through all of these industries’ publications yesterday was still dramatic, such
I’m Finally Roped In To Ted Lasso. This Shouldn’t Be Its Last Rodeo.
Sometimes, I don’t jump on bandwagons as quickly as I should. Some would assert at my age I shouldn’t even be thinking of bandwagons, or even the act of jumping. Curmudgeonly, smug, entitled attitudes seem to fester with age, and as you can tell my dander is kicked up at the very thought of settling
Another Milestone. Wanna Celebrate With Me?
As an unapologetic and passionate sports fan, numbers have always fascinated me. My dad was an accountant and tax preparer, and at least until calculus I was actually better at math than I was in writing and creativity. Those damn functions derailed what could have been a promising career in physics, which I am certain
Progress, Not Perfection
After the tabloid-incindiery antics of last year’s Academy Awards presentation, anything that didn’t produce a potentially incarceratable incident that would eventually ban a nominee from the next decade’s worth of ceremonies would have been considered a step in the right direction, Thankfully, last night’s event took more than a few steps toward redeeming and even
Is It Still The Oscars? Or Just Another Selection Sunday?
Later this afternoon, two major events will occur live, back-to-back, and their results will be played out over national broadcast television. Both will involve hundreds of candidates looking for recognition, with the emotion of waiting to see if they are acknowledged to be covered by ongoing close-ups and explosions of emotion when they find out
Hey, Bedrock, Please Let Me Be Your Foundation
It’s pilot season, which used to be a time of year where dozens of contenders would be hurriedly cast, filmed, tested and retested, all in a quest to grab a slot on one of three networks’ fall schedules. These days, with so few even being produced, even fewer by companies without corporate ties to the