You don’t mess with the Mouse. Conventional wisdom was Bob Chapek lost his job as a result of wading into politicized cultural issues. But now Iger has doubled-down. Let’s be clear, the government is the underdog when it comes to battles with corporations. Sure, you can regulate, but never forget you need their money to […]

We’re watching “Farzi (“Fakes” in English), on Amazon Prime. It’s really good. A reader hipped me to it, otherwise I doubt I’d ever find it. Distribution is king. As a matter of fact, they point that out in “Farzi”! There’s a plethora of business wisdom in “Farzi.” It might have gotten more traction on Netflix, […]

“Musk Claims Media Bias in Debate Over ‘Dilbert’ Creator’s Racist Rant – The Twitter chief waded into a scandal involving the cartoonist Scott Adams, as Twitter undergoes layoffs and struggles to lure back advertisers.”: https://nyti.ms/3ICvfwn It’s never been about money, it’s always been about power. But money can buy you power. You didn’t used to […]

This is one of the best rock documentaries ever made. Today, with everybody having a 4k video camera in their pocket, there’s a plethora of rock docs, done on the cheap, basically hagiography. You may start ’em, but it’s hard to finish them, your mind wanders, you shut it off… In today’s time-challenged on demand […]