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Category Archives: Business
Labor Rules in the NFL (and the NBA)
For those of you who don’t read Mark Cuban’s blog, you need to get on board, because the man knows what he is talking about.
The billionaire is most known for his exploits as the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. While owning a professional basketball team alone makes him an expert on media and entertainment, he happens to be much more than a basketball owner. Cuban is the chairman of HDNet, and was the founder of Broadcast.com.
Thus, when the man speaks about the state of media, people should listen…or read in this case. Recently, on his blog, Cuban tried to enlighten sports fans, as well media executives, on the prevailing issues of both the broadcast industry and sports entertainment.
On Valentine’s Day, Where Are All the Black Romance Movies?
Today, “Valentine’s Day” the movie is premiering across the nation. Just yet another fine example of how this consumer-driven holiday, that does nothing but line the pockets of those who exploit it, fools people into buying things they wouldn’t normally buy. Not to sound cynical or anything, but no one can sit here and honestly say that Valentine’s Day is all about the love when consumer consumption experiences a significant spike during the week of the 14th each and every year.
Heck, spending on Valentine’s Day isn’t even always the product of love. According to the USA Today, the use of tracking devices and private investigators always surges around Valentine’s Day, proving that love often breeds hatred.
NY Times Gives Endorsements
On January 24, 2008, the New York Times Editorial Board announced the two candidates that they are endorsing in this year’s Presidential Primaries.
On the Democratic side, the oft-liberal paper selected Senator Hillary Clinton as their choice to win the Democratic nomination for the general election this fall. In their published endorsement of Clinton, the editorial board called her “brilliant,” and seems to be of the mind that she is experienced in both foreign and domestic affairs that could lead this country out of this mess, which President George Bush has created, better than any of the other Democratic candidates. In the process of anointing Hillary, they patted Barack Obama on the back and dismissed John Edwards as basically a flip-flopping candidate.
Editor of Golfweek Gets the “Axe” for the “Noose”…Sort of
As many people know, Golfweek Magazine published its January 19th issue with a noose on the cover. The illustration was for an article on Kelly Tilghman’s statements about Tiger Woods that used the word “lynch” (discussed here on The Sports Watchers Radio Show).
However, as of January 18, 2008, Golfweek “replaced” Dave Seanor, the editor deemed responsible for okaying the noose illustration, and the Turnstile Pushing Co. president, William J. Kupper Jr. had this to say:
”We apologize for creating this graphic cover that received extreme negative reaction from consumers, subscribers and advertisers across the country…We were trying to convey the controversial issue with a strong and provocative graphic image. It is now obvious that the overall reaction to our cover deeply offended many people. For that, we are deeply apologetic.”
