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Every little boy wants to grow up to be President. Child's Play. 1988. (United Artists/MGM)
Wednesday - February 01, 2017 Wed - 02/01/17
rantnrave:// When will movie theaters treat their business like a seat business and implement yield management? No different than an airline. Variable pricing fills seats... I'm a big believer is writing the narrative of where you want your business to be in 10 years and then backing into the steps. Too often I see media companies concentrate on the present one step at a time. This almost never leads them down the right path... MARK CUBAN and I discuss everything tomorrow morning at UPFRONT SUMMIT 2017. Any requests?... LAX protest FTW... What are you doing for audience management? Or direct-to-consumer relationships?... I'm still waiting for most OTT services to offer downloading... Hoping it takes us to a new reality... The question I ask myself when I wake up every day is not good. How bad is it?... Thank you, internets. @TrumpDraws... THE QUEEN confirms... Congrats to my TAO friends NOAH TEPPERBERG, JASON STRAUSS, MARK PACKER and RICH WOLF... Curatorial help wanted: Looking for seriously talented fill-in curators familiar with media, technology, pop culture and more for MediaREDEF. CVs to jobs@redefgroup.com.... Happy Birthday to LAURIE WEISBERG, and SHAWN MERANI.
- Jason Hirschhorn, curator
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The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney's Original EPCOT Film (1966)
by Walt Disney
"A recording on October 27, 1966, less than two months before Disney's death, was a 25-minute film about his plans for the Florida Project, then dubbed "Disney World". In the film, Walt himself explains briefly how the Florida property will be utilized and how his EPCOT concept will work with the other aspects of Disney World." - Wikipedia
Stratechery
Inspired Media
by Ben Thompson
The key for products and politicians used to be maximizing paid and earned media. What matters on the Internet, though, is inspired media.
Vox
How the war on drugs has made drug traffickers more ruthless and efficient
by German Lopez
Evolution could have predicted the failure of the war on drugs.
without bullshit
The clarity of Neil Gorsuch, Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court
by Josh Bernoff
The New York Times described Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court as “an Echo of [Antonin] Scalia in Philosophy and Style.” But where the late Justice Scalia’s writings were sarcastic and passive-aggressive, Gorsuch’s are straightforward, logical, and clear. Because he writes often in the first-person, his arguments come across as direct rather than snide or veiled. Let’s … Continued
TIME
Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon and the Coming Crisis in American National Life
by David Kaiser
A historical theory may provide a window into what’s next for the U.S.
The Intercept
The FBI’s Secret Rules — An Investigative Series by The Intercept
by Trevor Aaronson
President Trump has inherited a vast domestic intelligence agency with extraordinary secret powers. A cache of documents offers a rare window into the FBI’s quiet expansion since 9/11.
Vanity Fair
Why Hollywood as We Know It Is Already Over
by Nick Bilton
From A.I. Aaron Sorkin to C.G.I. actors to algorithmic editing, Nick Bilton investigates what lies ahead.
POLITICO Magazine
The Politicization of Everything
by Kevin Baker
Is no part of American life safe from politics in the Age of Trump?
Heleo
A Vision of the Future: What Are Neighborhoods in a Digitized World?
by Jonathan Rose and Prabhjot Singh
“There has been an inaccurate theory that, as the world became more online, we would become less connected to our neighborhoods.”
BuzzFeed
How Taylor Swift Played The Victim For A Decade And Made Her Entire Career
by Ellie Woodward
Taylor Swift’s embrace of victimhood doesn’t begin and end with Kanye West – it can be traced back to the start of her decade-long career in both her music and her manipulation of the media. But until Kim Kardashian stepped in with proof, it had largely gone unnoticed.
dessert
Bloomberg
Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
by Joshua Brustein
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research raise questions about the threat that bots pose to the online gambling industry.
B/R Mag
‘Hush-Hush’: Inside the NFL’s Domestic Violence Punishment Problem
by Mary Pilon
During the Ray Rice scandal, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell drew a line in the sand. B/R Mag investigates what’s happened since
The Week
How Kellyanne Conway became the greatest spin doctor in modern American history
by Lili Loofbourow
How does she do it? Let's examine faux frankness, ice queening, cool girling, impatience signaling, and more of Conway's go-to strategies.
Perfect Sound Forever
The Music of Make America Great Again
by Wade T. Oberlin
What is the music of the Make America Great Again movement?
Harvard Business Review
Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO
by Daniel McGinn
Their success depended on storytelling.
GamesIndustry
Ex-FreeStyle founders: “The way games are made is broken”
by James Batchelor
Jamie Jackson and David Osbourn reveal their learnings from the Guitar Hero studio and new collaborative venture Slingshot Cartel.
The Guardian
Embarrassing bodies: what did the Victorians have to hide?
by Kathryn Hughes
What our 19th century forebears thought and felt is well-documented, but we know much less about how they really looked, warts and all.
KraneShares
Inside The Billion Dollar Industry Of China's Most Famous Social Media Celebrities
A powerful group of tech savvy, entrepreneurial, and predominantly female influencers have emerged as China’s new tastemakers on social media, and they are equally as adored by their fans as they are by major brands.
Vice
The 14-Year-Olds Spending Thousands On Streetwear
by Louise Donovan
When did kids get so well dressed?
The Undefeated
RETRO READ: How a pair of former Detroit Lions helped inspire one of Marvin Gaye's most defining records
by Justin Tinsley
Behind Marvin Gaye’s NFL tryout.
Vulture
Can Noah Hawley's 'Legion' Revolutionize Superhero TV?
by Abraham Riesman
It’s rainy and cold, and one of the actors on Legion is confused about whether he signed up to be on a superhero show. We’re in the home stretch of production on the first season of this FX drama, the much-anticipated sophomore series from Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley.
Popular Science
I tested 'gluten-free' food with the new gluten sensor--here's what I found
by Sara Chodosh
I've been waiting for this gadget for three years.
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