Jan 12, 2016 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Internet, Movies, Radio, Talent, Television
Spoiler alert: the news here is good. No, actually, it’s great. Revolutions can be scary, and yes, lots of traditional structures get torn down during revolutions, but new structures spring up, and the ones that are springing up as we begin 2016 are very...
Jul 10, 2014 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Internet, Movies, Print, Radio, Talent, Television
To see the future of show business – really, of all business – you need to look to the future you’ve already seen. Surely you remember The Jetsons. George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy had those massive video screens in every room of the house. They watched “television” on...
Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Internet, Print, Radio, Talent, Television
Change is coming. Distribution of content via broadcast is being replaced by distribution of content via broadband. It’s an era of media convergence, when the barriers between traditional forms of media – television, film, radio, print – fall and we...
Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Internet, Movies, Radio, Talent, Television
I talk about The Jetsons Future all the time. Recent events have led to me to believe it might be a good idea to address the fact that (1) it’s not here yet, and (2) you have a golden opportunity in the broadcast present to do something about the broadband...
May 18, 2016 | Blog, Business, Movies, Radio, Talent, Television
That headline is not a joke. You and I share 60% of our DNA with the product of several flowering plants in the genus Musa. Our DNA is primarily plantain. Now think about this: y’know that schlub you deeply regret having to work with, the one you have nothing in...