Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Business, Movies, Print, Radio, Television
Remember when television was about the lowest common denominator? Remember when the radio station that won was “the one station that everybody at work can agree on”? Those days – the days of aiming as broadly as possible – are toast. Let’s focus on...
Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Movies, Television
The other day, a group of friends and I were discussing whether The Jetsons Future means that the quality of productions must inevitably decline. My position – not the most popular one in the room at first – was an optimistic one. I argued that, while...
Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Business, Movies, Television
I felt the need to include a mashup word – ginormous – in the headline because there’s already a media convergence theme song for 2015: It’s A Mashup World After All. (Dear Lord – I’ve just planted that song in your head for the...
Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Legal, Music
I try extremely hard to avoid going lawyer on you, but when I put on my attorney hat, there’s one subject that creatives almost universally misunderstand: fair use. Because (1) it’s a copyright concept, and (2) copyright law is at the heart of what we do...
Nov 17, 2014 | Blog, Internet, Movies, Talent
Perhaps the worst thing that can be said in any business – show or otherwise – is this: “But that’s not how we’ve always done it.” Every so often, I try to inspire you with stories of entertainers who couldn’t care less how...
Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Internet, Radio, Talent, Television
Because the nice people at YouTube have access to over one billion human beings who consume content – voraciously – on their website, they have access to far more information about how content is being used (and not used) than any other operator on the...
