Jul 10, 2023 | Blog, Business, Print, Radio, Television
So here’s a development that shouldn’t surprise: the New York Times – the nation’s newspaper of record – is disbanding its entire sports department, instead counting on its ample, if recently downsized, staff of the recently purchased The Athletic for sports coverage....
Jul 8, 2017 | Business, Core Principles, Movies, Print, Radio, Television, Uncategorized
One of the more remarkable things I’ve read lately is a piece that showed up in the New York Times last week in which Dean Baquet, the Times’ Executive Editor, answers questions from readers about changes to the way The Gray Lady is restructuring her...
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...
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...
