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Now Is NOT The Time To Stand On Ceremony
Contrary to what many of you might be inclined to believe, I am very, very often incorrect about what I believe to be accurate. I do tend to push back when I am challenged by someone else calling it to my attention, mostly because on many of those numerous occasions it turns out that indeed

Maybe “Yakko” Doesn’t Need An Intervention. But A Reminder Of What Gets Buyers To Change Their Views Might Help.
So my one time (VERY briefly) colleague Linda Yaccarino is back in the news, and yet again, the outpouring of disbelief and sympathy from those who claim to know her far better than I do has been almost as newsworthy as the statement she made. As HUFFPOST’s David Moye attempted to empathically report earlier this

You Bet It’s A Ruthless Business. But For Some, That’s A Good Thing
I managed to find a little time yesterday to check out the season premiere of a show that somehow I had never seen before. But since I happen to know a couple of members of the recurring guest cast of TYLER PERRY’S RUTHLESS, I spent some time in the BET+ ecosystem. As it turned out,

It’s Time For This Dead Horse To Demand A New Jockey
I’ve taken more than a few jabs at the actions, decisions and attitude taken by Warner Brothers Discovery’s czar David Zaslav since he ascended to this throne two Aprils ago. While to Hollywood he was an outsider, he did help build an empire of profitable, distinct and popular linear networks in the relatively less glitzy

Still More Links To Past Success Are Going Away
The news that dropped yesterday afternoon on several media and even a couple of general business sites was neither surprising nor unexpected. But it still was a sobering reminder of the passage of time and more than a little personally upsetting when I read what the LOS ANGELES TIMES’ Stephen Battaglio reported: The media business

Hey, CBS Braintrust. We’ve Got Our Eyes On What You Will Do Next.
MEMO TO: WENDY MCMAHON, PRESIDENT AND CEO, CBS NEWS AND STATIONS AND CBS MEDIA VENTURES FROM: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT, SL MEDIA ENTERPRISES RE: ALL THIS NEWS STUFF Hello again, Ms. McMahon. It’s been a while since my last outreach and boy, has your plate filled up. You have jurisdiction over just about everything outside

House Of The Draggin’?
I freely admit that I’m not the most ardent follower of all things GAME OF THRONES; I’ve only sampled parts of several episodes of the OG series even when it was one of the last vestiges of appointment Sunday night television that drove HBO to the level of fandom and zeitgeist that defined at least

It’s The Same Old Story. And That’s Enough To Make Anyone Sick
On balmy Saturday mornings, I actually allow myself a few minutes to pore through the physical pages of my LOS ANGELES TIMES. These days, it doesn’t take all that much time anyway; aside from the real estate inserts, it’s a mere two sections where sports, local news and entertainment share one of them. And yesterday,

Ilona Maher Is Proof Positive You Can Succeed When You Try
NOTE: This story also appears today on our sister site, Double Overtime (thedoubleovertime.com) Please visit it regularly for musings on sports. The Olympics are providing an awful lot of wonderful stories so far at a time when they are SORELY needed. Many involve the expected that had had previous glory and notoriety, such as the