An organization founded 108 years ago that has continued to thrive with a documented record of massively greater success than any of its competitors just imploded. Not-so-shocking development for you: there are lessons for every business vertical, particularly...
Storytelling matters everywhere in the media – no matter how “serious” your job is. That said, we tend to forget that storytelling is a matter of degrees: there’s a difference between simply relaying an already-interesting story and painting a...
In entertainment, we like to talk about how we make “content”, and technically, that’s what we do. After all, content is a business word, and we’re in show business. The problem is that “content” is a totally non-emotional word, and...
Mere months after I wrote this diatribe regarding the dim fate of the MVPD business, I officially became a cord-cutter. Today, I’m undertaking a radical, counter-revolutionary act and uncutting the cord…(probably) for a whole four months. Why?...
With David Letterman’s final broadcast now upon us, the press – both trade and mainstream – has been saturated with stories about the end of a legendary entertainment era. The New York Times wrote a great piece about the people the public never sees...
