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I sometimes get asked how I determine what elevates in my mind to the point that it’s worthy of a musing. Usually, something of interest turns up in my inbox or DM, or I happen to actually see something in a physical newspaper or even IRL, since I’m fiercely determined to still immerse myself in

There are many adjectives that one could justifiably apply to Disney’s venerable czar Bob Iger, now four years into a board-requested second act after a 15-year that outlasted most of his peers.  That run began with a groundbreaking deal that VARIETY’s equally seasoned Andrew Wallenstein recently revisited that he teed up thusly: On Oct. 12,

NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, The Double Overtime.  Please visit it regularly for coverage of media, sports, politics and life. I was literally on the cusp of the purported target demographic that ESPN was going after when it took full advantage of the demand for additional channels that the advent

You would have been justified in calling me out for somehow completely missing the announcement of Golden Globes nominees that as per usual of late took place in the wee small hours of the morning in early December.  If you’ve been a regulat reader. or at least someone with nominal Google skills, you’d note I

Like most young lovers who get jilted on a Friday, David Ellison could have taken the weekend to regroup, reflect and regenerate.  But most jilted young lovers aren’t nepobaby billionaires with ‘tude, so instead we got an over-the-top plan for revenge that would make his daddy’s bosom buddy proud. Instead of sitting down and putting

I get that the announcement late last week that Netflix was acquiring the sexier assets of Warner Brothers Discovery is a BIG deal.  It’s not every day when a century-old media brand gets somewhere between $72 and $83 billion thrown at it by an upstart that didn’t even exist in the 20th century–and that price