Do you expect punters to refrain from using Periscope when celebrities are paying 10k a ticket for the fight? Welcome to the teens, where those with money and power are completely ignorant as to how the rank and file think. We had to endure a month plus of hype for a brutal sporting event that […]

We believe in it because there’s no advertising. That’s not completely true, that’s just the icing on the cake. The truth is HBO is a paragon of excellence with deep pockets that attracts the best creators in media. And when HBO says yes, which is not that often, it gives carte blanche to those creators, […]

Just because you’re a rock star, that doesn’t make you right. In case you missed it, Roger Waters railed against techies in the London “Times” behind a paywall, but read a snippet here: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters accuses music industry of ‘stealing every fucking cent anybody ever made’ and now we’ve got to see his […]

Nobody wants to watch the Discovery Channel. 2.9 million people viewed “Naked and Afraid.” But a hundred million paid for it. More than a buck a month. The CEO made $156 million. Now what? Lawsuits. Verizon is following the customer, allowing its FiOS TV subscribers to pick and choose channels. And the content providers are […]