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The Pathetic, Sleazy World Of Facebook ‘Likes’

Companies who believe that having millions of “Likes” on Facebook is important to their bottom line have it absolutely wrong.  “Liking” Coke or “Liking” The Avengers on Facebook isn’t going to make a person drink more Coke or see The Avengers more times – it…

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Stuck Between Old and New Media

Hollywood is stuck. New York is stuck. Silicon Valley is stuck. No one can really do anything too exciting because old media is still hanging around – refusing to give up the crown. Don’t get me wrong – OLD MEDIA IS DYING – but they’re…

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Manti Te’o and the End of Truth

First, an acknowledgement: This is a quote by Tom Brokow right after the first Gulf War started in 1991 and CNN had the only reporters on the ground during the initial bombing of Bagdad: “CNN used to be called the little network that could. It’s…

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2013: Endgame For Moguls

Old Hollywood just got another year older and closer to death. In fact, it’s getting harder and harder for Old Hollywood to get out of bed in the morning. Food doesn’t taste as good. Hangovers are a daily occurrence. In short, Old Hollywood is not…

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Facebook Is Irrelevant

So… Facebook has announced it has passed ONE BILLION USERS. Sounds like a reason for a huge celebration. What an amazingly awesome global community! We should all rejoice together because we built it… together! But unlike the supermarket that rewards its one millionth customer with…

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AMPAS Looks To The Future

Hawk Koch was named President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences today. Like his aggressive name suggests, this is a bold choice from an extremely bold organization. To have the balls to choose the old media film producer son of an old…

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Should We Believe Facebook’s Earnings?

Today is a big day for FB:NASDAQ. The first earnings release after a pretty crappy IPO. Needless to say, earnings and guidance must destroy expectations. This is important for everyone who has a stake in the company – from those who had blind faith in…

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Yahoo! Finally Does Something Right

SCREAMING BUY! YHOO is headed for $50/share. Marissa Mayer is a perfect choice. Great for Yahoo! Great for Silicon Valley. It’s a stunning move – completely shocking and unexpected. If you’re worried about her pregnancy – then shame on you. Her pregnancy makes me even…

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YouTube’s Original Content Strategy Is Working

That’s a frightening headline for the Hollywood studios. It wasn’t supposed to work. It was an ill-planned experiment that was supposed to fail. Seriously, who would watch that crap? Well… give one point to Silicon Valley in the Great Content Wars of 2012.   (This…

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Is Hollywood Funding Chinese Propaganda?

Hollywood is so desperate to grow their businesses in China they would almost do anything. Look the other way while the Chinese government continues to abuse the basic human rights of its citizens?  Check. Alter the content or severely edit a movie in order to…