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What Happened At The LOS Angeles TIMES May Or May Not Have Been Right. But It Should Have Been Expected.
There’s a lot of outrage being leveled at what I have frequently referenced as the Left Angeles TIMES lately, and for a change it has nothing to do with the otherwise omnipresent issue that seems to obsess the gang of remotely based “experts” routinely devoting thousands of words to the latest “alarming” wastewater trends. Here’s

It’s A Nice Start. But It’s Not Magic.
I get that it’s sort of a slow news cycle in the silly little world of media. The fall TV premieres have pretty much all gone down, the handful of significant holiday theatrical releases (thanks again, AMPTP) are still a way’s off, the dealmakers are partying it up on the Croissette at MIPCOM this week

It’s Time To Vault These Polls
My roommate is a particularly giddy mood these days, as he continues to become more convinced that his choice is all but assured his second presidential term. Much as that fact may be daunting to many of you, I can’t say he’s wrong. Thanks to his virtually nonstop blaring of FOX News and FOX Business

FOX Finally Gets The Series They Wanted
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly for musings of sports of all sorts as well as the portfolio of content from Binary News. I rejoined FOX shortly after they had obtained the rights to broadcast major league baseball. As I made the rounds of offices of

A Duel Likely To Produce No Winners
Just in time for the 2024-25 NBA season, and early enough in the NHL and college seasons to be forgiven, sports TV is getting yet another rebrand. USA TODAY’s media reporter Mark Giannoto broke the news to his handful of readers last week: Bally Sports is no more. Diamond Sports Group announced that it will

“Laughing Shows” Can Still Work. It Just Depends How You Define “Work”
In a minefield where multiple struggling streamers are rolling out expensive and buzzy “prestige” series as the window for Golden Globes nominations is fast closing, it’s easy to overlook the fact that over the course of five October days three examples of what fall premieres used to be are in the midst of being rolled

Volley Of The Stupid?
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for opinions on sports of all sorts. When ESPN recently had a few stray weeknights where they were scrambling to find live content to fill prime time hours they turned to women’s college volleyball for a short-lived schedule of matches

A Little Leg Work Can Pay Off Even Today
The intrepid Nellie Andreeva of DEADLINE struck yet another nerve yesterday when she dropped an intriguing observation about how an unsung entity has–eponymously–used some old fashioned 20th century strategy and tenacity to produce atypically strong results in an otherwise downturning 21st century: In 2008, a comedy about the behind-the-scenes of the TV industry, Back To You,

So Who’s Deep Deli?
I’m as guilty as anyone in making snap judgements or even prejudgements, especially when the concept of monetization is involved. I freely admit it’s a trigger point for me, if for no other reason than I live with the omnipresence of others judging me for even thinking of paying to read someone else’s insights and