Brian Steinberg

This one is truly for the nerds, but they say the Kirby exhibit has separate rooms for X-Men, New Gods and the Fantastic 4.....

Today's 'Dennis' is mildly amusing until one realizes that Mr. Wilson must have been drunk again and was probably slurring his words....

Just in: New York Post to launch a western U.S. edition, The California Post -- and it will have a print daily....

Fox Corp. Races to Collect Creators Before Rivals Can Do the Same Fox Corporation has been early to seek major talent deals with popular digital creators and influencers, including Dave Portnoy and Brett Cooper

At Fox Corporation, the next Colin Cowherd or Jesse Watters isn’t likely to come from the ranks of TV-host wannabes.....

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TV News Faces Creator Chaos as Anchors Chase Digital Dreams That Bring Big Bucks (or Return Little Reward) The TV-news business is grappling with an exodus of top talent to new 'creator' ventures that promise big revenue but may not always deliver

TV News v. Indie Media: Who will win?

-Dozens of well known TV anchors are exiting in hopes of striking it rich in digital...
-Money isn't so easy to come by, and traditional media seems poised to start investing in the space...

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Our A.I. overlords assure me that 'geesh' is in fact a legitimate word 'used to express a range of emotions, most commonly annoyance, disapproval, dismay, or surprise,' but I maintain Snuffy, below, is more apt to use 'jeez,' 'yeesh' or 'sheesh' than anything else...

Hagar routinely brains his opponents with giant blunt weapons and even *he* turns his head from the sight of some nearby beachgoer tricking hungry birds into eating their own species, reminding us that there's nothing funny about cannibalism....

Hey kids! Sure, every ice cream shoppe worth its scooper offers up 'Maple Ribbon' or 'Choco Fudge.' But how many sell the delicious and unique 'Plum & Nuts'?

'No, but I'm doing some shop-lifting.....'

NITE OWL: Colbert has former VP Harris on tonight, Fallon has Greg Gutfeld as a guest coming up 8/7....

Hagar's meal is an unusual one, but mostly because none of these dishes would have been available to Vikings in Scandinavia in the 8th to 11th centuries....

Jeffy tries a unique game in a bid to get Daddy Keane to take his meds...

Laughs ensue in today's 'Hi & Lois' when the alcoholic neighbor scoffs at the local bar's all-you-can-eat special, knowing it will force him to pick up a bottle of Boone's Farm on the way home just to keep even...

MORNING SCRAMBLE: ABC's Good Morning America tops NBC's Today in overall viewers, A25-54 and A18-49 for the week ending 7/25 -- first time GMA has won all three categories in a single week since 8/7/23

"It's as EVIL a con as I've heard," says the Phantom, who clearly has no problems with job applicants being made to come in to a crowded office to fill out personnel forms, rather than submitting them via LinkedIn...

Meghan Rafferty, ‘NBC Nightly News’ EP, to Join Versant Meghan Rafferty, who has been the executive producer of 'NBC Nightly News, is the latest NBC News staffer to jump to Versant

The top producer of “NBC Nightly News” is the latest NBC News staffer to join the company that is splitting off from NBC News — and taking employees and some critical revenue with it.

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Versant Names Tom Rogers Senior Adviser Tom Rogers, a media industry veteran who helped lead NBC's initial foray into cable, will serve as senior adviser at Versant.

Tom Rogers helped launch MSNBC and CNBC. Now he has to help figure out what to do with them with consumers’ appetite for entertainment and information delivered by cable TV on the wane.

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The entire short history of Warner Bros. Discovery is an exercise in declaring the status quo unworkable, then returning to it.

*CNN+ is killed. New CNN streaming products expected to debut in fall
*HBO Max called Max, then HBO Max
*WBD/Discovery merge, then break up

'Please, you have to help me,' says the 'Judge Parker' character who isn't Judge Parker. 'I'm trying to read something on my phone while I'm talking to you and it's forced my left eye to shift noticeably and it's giving me a massive migraine!'

"So this is what actual human contact feels like," says Mary Worth, who smiles even as she is being yanked vigorously by a child who is likely a third of her age. Apparently, Mary likes the sensation: She has crossed her fingers, hoping for even more interaction with people....

Today's 'Lockhorns' has it all: Clever wordplay. A reference to current pop culture. And the intra-spouse bickering that is this comic's highlight. Sadly, none of this will stop the attorneys from Warner Bros. Discovery when they come seeking damages for trademark infringement

Blondie and Dagwood try to 'start the weekend off by getting up early and just relaxing together,' but how blissful can things be when illustrated lines emanating from the TV set indicate the presence of some doom-scrolling anchor warning them of the world's impending demise?

@aimeemann.bsky.social you are in the NYTimes today....

Just in: Paramount and Skydance target August 7 for closing date of new merger deal. Who's ready for more layoffs, a CBS News ombudsman and other fun features?

Jeffy, 2/29/60-7/25/25: Killed by distracted parent and hospital corners. R.I.P.

Mrs. Mitchell's quiet smirk supports her son's findings: She hasn't defrosted the chicken tenders, likely in a bid to induce Dennis to break a tooth or choke on a piece of frozen meat -- anything to break his spirit and gain revenge for decades of snide remarks about her cooking

Julia-Louis Dreyfuss makes a cameo in 'Mary Worth' for a complex role she was born to play -- a young teenage girl who thinks the strip's titular hero has not aged a day...

Tanya Simon to Lead CBS News’ ’60 Minutes’ Tanya Simon has been named the executive producer of CBS News' 60 Minutes

CBS News named Tanya Simon the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” making her just the fourth executive to lead the program in its nearly 60 years on air and the first woman to do so. She takes the reins of the show at a tumultuous time

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Disney Considers Putting Ad Logos in Streaming News Tickers for ‘What You Need to Know’ Disney has begun offering advertisers the chance to put logos in a news ticker that would accompany the streaming news program "What You Need to Know'

How's this for a news break?

Disney is open to placing advertiser logos in bottom-of-the-screen news tickers that would accompany the new Disney+ program 'What You Need to Know' -- and inject commercials into a space typically left to editorial...

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Bickering funnies-page couple uses passive-aggressive chatter to mask their true intentions.

Him: 'You are killing me'
Her: 'You are killing yourself'