Archive for the 'The Media' Category


Netflix

Just because someone yells, that doesn’t mean you should listen.
Netflix gained 610,000 subscribers in the U.S. last quarter. The company is just shy of its all time high, it’s now got 24.4 million subscribers, it had 24.59 million at its peak.
In other words, the only thing Reed Hastings did wrong was react to the outcry. [...]

Honesty & Credibility

I’m not the biggest fan of Chelsea Handler, but yesterday on Howard Stern she said she had sex with 50 Cent and their relationship ended because she used an epithet that was borderline racist, likening his behavior to that of the street.
Whew!
You’re not supposed to answer these questions, you’re supposed to be evasive, it’s supposed [...]

The Power Of Blogs

Are you best off:
1. Getting 3 minutes on CNN.
2. Getting published in the Sunday Opinion section of the "New York Times" and having your column reach #6 on the most emailed list.
3. Having "a guest post you wrote, published on the blog of one lone dude in SF obsessed with fat loss, female orgasms, and [...]

Lana Del Rey On SNL

Suddenly Juliette Lewis is an expert? Isn’t that like Brad Pitt believing he can really manage a major league baseball team, or Lester Bangs thinking he can be a rock star?
If you want to watch one skit from last night’s SNL, watch this one, "You Can Do Anything", which may not be hysterically funny, not [...]