May 24, 2016 | Blog, Podcasting, Talent
Because I have such a unique background – a couple decades leading radio stations and eight years as an attorney – I get asked about podcasting a lot, and I’ve come to some realizations. If you’re a lawyer – or if you’re a vendor...
Apr 25, 2016 | Blog, Business, Radio, Talent, Uncategorized
As entertainment professionals, we tell stories all the time. We spend most of our time thinking about the stories we’re going to tell to our fans, to the people who watch, listen to, or read the stories we create. We tend to spend less time thinking about all...
Mar 14, 2016 | Blog, Business, Core Principles, Football, Movies, Radio, Talent, Television
In entertainment, we like to talk about how we make “content”, and technically, that’s what we do. After all, content is a business word, and we’re in show business. The problem is that “content” is a totally non-emotional word, and...
Feb 10, 2016 | Blog, Business, Internet, Movies, Print, Radio, Talent, Television
Let’s talk about one of my favorite types of people: mad scientists. In an era of massive change in entertainment and media, it is the crazed experimenters who will develop successful products, and you don’t have to be one solitary scientist sitting in...
Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Music, Talent
Things aren’t always what they seem on the surface, and sometimes we lose sight of the things that truly move the emotional needle – whether trends or people – until something dire happens. So it was at the end of 2015 when one Ian Fraser...
Sep 23, 2015 | Blog, Talent
We can learn a lot from a brilliant entertainer who just left us. Twice a year, I give a speech to law students that is about the test-taking skills and tricks that (in addition to knowledge of the law, of course) you need to pass a grueling test like the bar exam. I...
