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Billionaires Don’t Have Anything to Prove

By Dom Serafini

Years ago, the very rich didn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Today, according to a Wall Street Journal article titled “How the Super-Rich Signal Their Wealth to (…)

By |October 7th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Getting Ready For AFM

The American Film Market (AFM) is moving out of the Los Angeles area and heading to Las Vegas for its 2024 event, which will be held Novembers 5-10, 2024, (…)

By |October 3rd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Lessons in Leadership

In its April 2024 Issue, VideoAge wrote about corporate incompetence in a “My2¢” editorial. Then, on September 16, 2024, in its “The New Workplace” report, The Wall Street Journal ran (…)

By |September 30th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

NAB New York’s U.S. Election Tools

At the upcoming annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show in New York City — to be held October 8-10, 2024, at its traditional Javits Center venue — the Washington (…)

By |September 26th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

The Evolution of TV Trade Shows

By Dom Serafini

TV trade show organizers are very good at finding and negotiating for convention and hotel space. They’re also good at re-selling the rented real estate to exhibitors. They’re (…)

By |September 23rd, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Russian Propaganda and Film Fests

In mid-September 2024, VideoAge received a statement from Route 504, the Toronto-based PR company for Raja Pictures/CAPA Press, the producers of the 120-minute documentary Russians at War. The film had (…)

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|1 Comment

Musk’s a Target for Disinformation

On one hand, former U.S. president Donald Trump wants Tesla CEO Elon Musk to head a new commission to identify and reduce government waste if he’s elected to a second (…)

By |September 16th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

Holender’s Recollections of Johnny Yune

Irv Holender, chairman of the Los Angeles-based Multicom Entertainment, shared some remembrances of his friend Johnny Yune on the occasion of the renewed success of Yune’s film They Call Me (…)

By |September 12th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

In the U.S., News Outlook Differs from Europe

By Dom Serafini

The expression is: “There are always two sides to every story.” But if one counts fake news, there might even be three. To avoid fake news, consumers are (…)

By |September 9th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments

MIPCOM Cannes Jitters

Party invitations for MIPCOM Cannes 2024 — both “Save the Dates” and actual invitations — began arriving in e-mail inboxes as early as August 1 — a whopping 81 days (…)

By |September 5th, 2024|Categories: WaterCooler|0 Comments