May 26, 2018
Cliché alert: radio’s been…please, stop me before I use the d-word…disrupted. (And if you think I’m now filled with self-loathing for using the word-that-should-have-jumped-the-shark-five-years-ago, you’re probably right.) That said, I’d like...
Mar 8, 2016
It was interesting seeing this blog post from this prominent venture capitalist who is a partner at this firm. (Short version: Fred Wilson’s been at it for 30 years, and there are plenty of unicorns in the Union Square Ventures portfolio, so he might have a...
Jan 12, 2016
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...
Nov 5, 2015
This week’s new leap across media boundaries is an Evel Knievel-sized jump. The New York Times is moving into virtual reality storytelling. I don’t know about you, but I’m both floored and not the least bit surprised. For a while, I’ve been...
Aug 31, 2015
Mere months after I wrote this diatribe regarding the dim fate of the MVPD business, I officially became a cord-cutter. Today, I’m undertaking a radical, counter-revolutionary act and uncutting the cord…(probably) for a whole four months. Why?...