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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

I saw a pretty good new movie last night, and I didn’t even have to leave my bed and heating pad to go out or worry about having enough in my bank account to afford dinner.  My back, stomach and net worth are especially appreciative. The movie was JAY KELLY, a decidely mature and adult-appeal

The battle for Warner Brothers Discovery just shifted into fourth gear late last night, when news began to trickle out that despite the white-hot passion and intense lobbying that Paramount Skydance has demonstrated over the past few weeks–and even though he’d had been guaranteed a platinum parachute and a future role–our buddy Yosemite Zas and

Early on in my career I learned the importance of what Nielsen monickered “Gold Card” viewers–those that fall into the upper right hand corner of four-quadrant splits that disproportionately watch at least 45 per cent of a schedule for at least 45 per cent of its total running time.  That may sound boring to some

Yesterday was another signpost day in perhaps the most compelling battle for a media prize than we’ve seen in years.   There are both financial and political implications, let alone sea changes in how and what winds up where, into how this ultimately shakes out. The latest, per THE WRAP’s Kayla Cobb: Netflix has put in

As the years mount and as I at least on paper grow older I’m arguably most uncomfortable with the fact that there are fewer and fewer things that I have known and enjoyed my entire life–especailly active performers whose careers actually predate it–that are still even around at all, let alone culturally relevant enough to