Good afternoon. This is THE BIG ONE. Manka Bros. – the World’s Largest Media Company (and getting bigger every day!) is planting the biggest fucking content flag in Hollywood… suck on that! As you all know, Manka Bros. announced we are going over-the-top with a new…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2019 – Day 1 – Life Support Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2019 – Day 3 – Deliverance —————————— I am back from Sun Valley and safely in my office at Manka Bros. in Burbank. There wasn’t much…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2019 – Day 1 – Life Support Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2019 – Day 3 – Deliverance —————————— I’ve been coming to Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference since 2008. (There are some links below of previous years.)…
Good morning from the Seychelles… I’m in the last few days of my May-July vacation, slamming hard drinks for people who want to get drunk fast. This is a revolutionary and amazing day at Manka Bros. and, I would imagine, a pretty crappy day for…
Greetings from the Seychelles! Christmas on the Indian Ocean is pretty much a non-event. Let’s just say there’s not a lot of chestnuts roasting on Anse Lazio Beach. But, being a non-practicing Jew (I practiced enough when I was a kid), and never practicing non-Christian,…
Good afternoon from the Seychelles! I’ll be back in Burbank soon – so stop asking. So – it appears Bob Greenblatt is leaving NBC because a) He needs another challenge; b) Life isn’t interesting anymore and he needs to climb a fucking mountain; c) I…
Good evening from Sun Valley! I really didn’t think I would make it this year. I had a medical procedure earlier in the day (no details other than it burns like a mother fucker). I know you’re not supposed to drink after popping a couple…
2017 has been an historic year for Manka Bros. Historically shitty. This year, we upped the ante for high profile tentpole theatrical releases… and all of them sucked. Our TV slate has never been worse and our prospects for a bright future seem, at the…
Good afternoon from Maui! This morning, I read in the New York Times that my good friend Jeffrey Katzenberg is trying to raise $2 billion from Hollywood and Silicon Valley to form a digital media company that focuses only on short-form video. REALLY expensive short-form…
Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2017 – Day 1: Old Media? That’s Cute. Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2017 – Day 2: Rocky Horror Herb Allen’s Sun Valley Conference – 2017 – Day 3: World’s Fastest Man Last night was a lot of…