Same here, when it comes to opting out on crappy video, but I fear that we’re swimming against the tide there.

But these buyouts don’t necessarily happen when they’re the only option. When Sam Zell used one to buy the Chicago Tribune, it was still a healthy company. Granted the headwinds that all legacy media face were present, but the Trib was still in the same tier as the Washington Post and LA Times, national papers just a…

Catching errors via the editing process is like shoveling manure - if you don’t have enough shovelers, you’ll never get all the manure.

They do, and they’re pissed about it, which is why this is only a temporary state of affairs. Facebook has already adjusted the formula that calculates whether an ad play is counted or not to try to placate them, but they’re still not happy.

Yup. Some executives I’ve dealt with are obsessed with the “long tail.” They want content that will keep producing revenue indefinitely. Produce enough of that shit and you don’t even really need new content anymore.

Just keep reading what you believe in. Web traffic is a form of currency.

This is a good question and I’d be interested in an answer as well.

It’s not about what people prefer. Thanks to autoplay on sites like Facebook (and I know you can turn that off, but most people are too lazy), in many cases the ad play is considered to have registered even if someone hastily scrolled past or clicked away after a few seconds. So you can make serious money churning out…

I have some familiarity with “creative accounting” in media companies. It does not surprise me that you’re being told that GMG is not turning a profit. It is common practice for executives to hide expenses in the budgets of departments and units that they consider low priority, thereby boosting the bottom line for…

I assume all the Wizards banners are at the other end of the arena?

So Jana Novotna finally beat Steffi Graf? Neato.

At this point, I think we have to assume it’s all of them, until proven otherwise.

I think we may need to dissolve every U.S. Olympic entity and start over from scratch.

At least Timmy got a couple titles and some bigtime awards. I think when the time comes that he has to retire, he’ll be very happy with his career despite the sudden onset suckage.

I dunno, I want to see an Iron Fist-Luke Cage series where he thinks he’s the hero while Luke Cage does all the actual heroics, and in the very last scene IF realizes he’s been the comic relief all along.

I don’t know what you mean by “problem” and I’m aware of the time period setting.

Given that Coulson is scheduled to appear in the Captain Marvel movie, this could just as easily be the moment where they re-integrate AoS with the movie continuity.

I should’ve specified, offensive to neutral third parties. If I call someone a jerk, that would likely offend the target of my remark. If I use a racial slur, that will likely offend everyone who hears it. “Mary Sue” is of course not nearly so offensive as a racial slur, but it has been misused in a way that has…