Daniel Frankel

Dodgers Stadium organ player's choice of Iron Maiden in the top of the 7th has calmed my nerves.

Trump wants to use a shutdown of Republicans’ own making to keep YOU in the dark about our economy.

The September jobs numbers are ready – and Trump must release them.

Without them, the Fed is flying blind while making decisions that impact you.

Disney told to ditch the 'regulatory risk' of broadcast TV, Comcast and Charter zoom towards a cable comeback, and MAGA looks for a TikTok takeover Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' saves the box office (for real this time, it's truly great)

In this week's Next TMT, Laura Martin suggests that Disney would be better of ditching the "regulatory risk" of broadcasting ABC over the air. We also declare "One Problem After Another" the best movie we've seen since "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/disney-tol...

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Exclusive: D2C ready to snap up Kimmel, top talent as broadcast fumbles The fate of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the U.S. | Kimmel could soon find a new home with the company behind D2C streaming channels for professional sports teams including the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and Utah J...

The video tech company that took the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz over-the-top and direct-to-consumer wants to do the same for Jimmy Kimmel -- www.streamtvinsider.com/video/exclus...

It really is an awful look. It almost betrays a feeling of Imposter Syndrome he seems to feel about the role.

What could have happened to this obsequious policy maker in between the hours of December, 30 2023 and now?

David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X: "Rest in peace to my friend, Charlie Kirk. My heart is with his loved ones at this devastating time. This inexcusable violence belongs nowhere in a civilized society. Charlie was a brave man, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a great patriot. Please join me in praying for https://t.co/NgVHq3dSHS" / X Rest in peace to my friend, Charlie Kirk. My heart is with his loved ones at this devastating time. This inexcusable violence belongs nowhere in a civilized society. Charlie was a brave man, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a great patriot. Please join me in praying for https://t.co/NgVHq3dSHS

Hasn't Magoo been involved in several White House fist fights recently? twitter.com/SecScottBess...

Thoughts and prayers, champ.

Violence is pretty out-of-control in Utah Valley. Maybe we deploy the National Guard there.

I wish this wasn't bullshit. But it is. Please don't make Blusky dumb like Twitter is now. Thanks.

Die hard, with a vengeance

Oh man, I can't define irony, but I know it when I see it.

Never judge a book by its cover!

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Ah, life is too short -- literally for a dog -- for ortho work. I say this underbite hunts.

Netflix's new UX catches social flack, the Grim Wiedzer takes on Warner's vastly indebted SpinCo 2, and Apple TV+ sticks the landing with critics Also in this week's very streaming-focused edition of our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we explain why YouTube really isn't 'TV' after all

Proud to introduce The Trade Desk as Next TMT's first major sponsor: nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/netflix-s-...

There's a certain irony that comes with Larchmont kids covering Rage.

FTW...

Proud to call West Adams my home!

Tim Cook steps way out of his comfort zone, Netflix lets 'CoComelon' walk, and Claude tries to take over the ship Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, why Memorial Day box-office 'records' are bogus, and how AI toolmakers are pulling investment from M&E

20M Americans went to the movies this past weekend, half as many as Memorial Day 2013. So why is this holiday box office being called "record-breaking"? @davidinla.bsky.social and I ponder that and much more in the latest issue of Next TMT nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/tim-cook-s...

Hey, timely post. Unfortunate that by the time the institution realizes what it lost, the Texas carpetbagger and that $110 million will be long gone.

Stay on target!!!

Is there too much TVOS? Is the Redstone family legacy ruined? And is Ted Sarandos right about movie theaters? Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, we examine Comcast's increasingly desperate quest to turn around its core broadband connectivity business, and we revea...

With more than a dozen CTV, mobile and desktop flavors to account for, it now takes a village of software engineers to keep the bugs out for app makers. nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/is-there-t...

Banner is from last year's event.

Luka Dončić sparks a 16% NBA TV ratings revival, EchoStar looks to reanimate its terminal pay TV biz, and we look to David Ellison and Shari Redstone to 'Harvard up' From the ashes of trade journalism comes ... a new kind of trade journalism. Your free weekly newsletter covering the important stuff in technology, media and telecom

Our weekly tech, media and telecom deep dive looks at the demise of the proudly innovative Dish Network: nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/luka-don-i...

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

Lionsgate's economics saved 'John Wick,' but can Gavin Newsom rescue Apple and Netflix from Trump's tariffs? Also in our weekly newsletter covering all things technology, media and telecom, YouTube TV signs up its 9.4 millionth customer, while 'The White Lotus' aims for a cool 20 million viewers

YouTube TV reaches 9.4 million subscribers. And Lionsgate's Adam Fogelson explains what would have happened if Universal had made 'John Wick.' nexttmt.beehiiv.com/p/lionsgate-...