What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where Jay’s return to late night is broken by TMZ?<\/p>\n
Where was the "New York Times"?\u00c2\u00a0 The "Wall Street Journal"?<\/p>\n
I know, I know, you’re saying it’s trash news, entertainment, who gives a shit about entertainment news.\u00c2\u00a0 Just let me know about Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Wow, are you out of touch.<\/p>\n
The world is driven by entertainment.\u00c2\u00a0 Which is why Ronald Reagan triumphed, his communication skills trumped those of Jimmy Carter.<\/p>\n
And more people get their news from television and the Web than newspapers.<\/p>\n
So, what does this ultimately mean?<\/p>\n
Change ownership and you get a new bite at the apple.<\/p>\n
If Ticketmaster and Live Nation merge, does Irving Azoff get rid of Michael Rapino?\u00c2\u00a0 He got rid of Sean Moriarty.\u00c2\u00a0 Rapino’s doing a good job of stewarding Live Nation, it’s just that all his acquisitions…amount to naught.<\/p>\n
Comcast is in charge now.\u00c2\u00a0 So, Leno can go.<\/p>\n
And all that crap about ageism…\u00c2\u00a0 Who gives a shit if the audience for Conan is younger if no one is watching.\u00c2\u00a0 The same way an album by a frumpy middle age woman that sells millions of copies is better for Sony’s bottom line than the musings of an overproduced, wannabe twenty year old who sells a million singles on iTunes, but no albums.\u00c2\u00a0 And, money knows no age.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if a youngster could sell as well as SuBo, income is the same…but no youngster on Sony can move SuBo’s units.<\/p>\n
As for all those Leno haters?<\/p>\n
They hated him at 11:30 too.<\/p>\n
But commentators don’t count, the same way movie reviewers no longer count.\u00c2\u00a0 We make our own decisions now.<\/p>\n
In all the run-up to Leno’s 10 o’clock show, no one commented on the effect on affiliates, the lead-in to the local news.\u00c2\u00a0 Because the press likes to think it knows everything, but is more interested in hobnobbing with the media titans.<\/p>\n
It’s a brand new era.\u00c2\u00a0 Everything’s up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Make decisions quickly.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s one thing to stay with a band if numbers are showing development.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 If not, pull the plug!<\/p>\n
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