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Who’s Got Bigger Balls?
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.TheDoubleOvertime.com. Please visit it regularly to access stories on sports. To say that there’s a rift between Adam Silver and David Zaslav would be putting it mildly. Based upon what went down late Friday night, it’s more apparent than ever that neither one’s gonna be
Look In Your Files, Channing. #WeKnowDrama Is Now YOUR Playbook
MEMO TO: CHANNING DUNGEY, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION GROUP FROM: STEVE LEBLANG, MEDIA CONSULTANT RE: YOU, TOO CAN #KNOWDRAMA Hello again, Ms. Dungey. And please allow me to pick the pieces of crow I’ve been having for breakfast out of my teeth. One minute while I turn my head away. OK, now
The Mission Statement Takes On The Mission
Based upon the statistics I’ve seen, you’ve more than likely been watching at least some portion of what transpired this week in Chicago, where the Democratic National Coronation–er, Convention–has just concluded. There were some truly beautifully orchestrated and inspiring moments, ultimately culminating in Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech for her party’s nomination that her supporters saw
How Low Can One Site Go?
Elaine Low is a self-described “one-time cub reporter” who is now described as a “staff writer” for THE ANKLER, the insurgent entertainment website co-founded by a couple of veteran journalists who grew dissatsified with the direction and monopoly that Jay Penske has taken the industry’s legacy brands, including VARIETY! and co-founder Janice Min’s former purview,
Rocks In His Head?
If you were to judge Edgar Bronfman, Jr. strictly on his track record as a media executive, you might conclude that the fact he believes he’s qualified to steer a studio as troubled as Paramount in 2024 might suggest he probably has imbibed a bit too often in the products his family has produced for
That Guy
In another life, perhaps Phil Donahue might have been a song and dance man. Heck, his soulmate and life partner was none other than Marlo Thomas, who came from the DNA of one of the most successful TV performers of its early days, and whom a lot of us, myself included, fell in love with
Ponder This: There IS Another Streaming Service That’s Catching On
Recently I went on a scavenger hunt to track down exactly where a movie that a few folks I sort of know had produced and acted in was finally going to be able to seen. It had been produced two summers ago and was supposedly in negotiations with every “major” platform and had been offered
I Hope You’re Feeling Grand
I am actually breathing a rare sign of relief this morning. Against what sometimes seems to be insurmountable odds and, frankly, an awful lot of internal and external sturm and drang, today’s musing is yet another milestone. Counting the ones we have under counsel moved to our AisleOfWit domain, this is the 1000th post on
A Notoriously Curious Hiring?
There was yet more news about a departure of note from Warner Ranch yesterday, where the noted unslinger Yosemite Zas allowed this news to be released. The LOS ANGELES TIMES’ veteran observer Meg James did her best to make it seem both voluntary and well thought out: Warner Bros. Discovery’s head of U.S. networks Kathleen