With one mighty slap, Wendi Deng Murdoch may have saved her husband’s company. No longer was the story about hacking or impropriety or ethics, it was about a wife coming to her 80-year-old husband’s defense when he was attacked. Rupert Murdoch is a hated man,…
… and Wall Street shrugged. Zynga announces a $1 billion IPO and every freakin’ investment bank in New York is clambering to get in on it. These are the very same banks that were recently slobbering all over LinkedIn and would most likely kill anyone…
Am I the only one in America who thinks she is undeserving of all these accolades? TOP 3 on American Idol? Seriously? Whenever she sings it’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. About a 1/4 tone under the note with no life to her…
… and New York, for that matter. And I’m talking about WRITERS! Of course, there are some small roles in film and television that are played by unattractive female actresses (the psychotic neighbor, the diner waitress, the homeless woman, the awkward teen friend, etc.) –…
Deep-down, I believe almost everything Kagan puts out is bullshit. Entertainment industry projections that are almost never right. However, I had to give pause when I saw this chart regarding Comcast’s NBC Universal purchase. If you’re an old media mogul, this chart should scare the…
A couple of moments ago, I went to AOL.com to see what fresh content they had put up today and was greeted with a heartbreaking headline about four missing American college students in Haiti who were on a humanitarian mission when the earthquake struck last…
So… the top brass at NBC Universal just waited and waited just to see how things would play out – and now the shareholders of GE and Comcast (of which I am one) have a major Zucker problem on their hands. There is really only…
The Jay Leno Show cancellation announcement by Jeff Gaspin – Chairman NBC Entertainment – was handled in just about the worst way possible. It should have so simple: Announce the news; admit it was mistake and talk about the exciting changes to come. That’s it….
Another iconic American television show is dead. Simon Cowell (with impeccable timing as always) announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour he has decided to leave American Idol to become creator/producer/judge of the American version of his hit UK talent show The…
OK, Jeff, it’s time for you to man-up, nut-up, suck-it-up, eat-it (all those things) and fix this late night issue before it becomes even more of a train wreck. It’s very simple: Fire Conan O’Brien and give him all the compensation he is owed as…