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  • Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch

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  • Warner Bros. Discovery and the NBA, The Zaslav Doctrine

    Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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    Warner Bros. Discovery is clearly still interested in the NBA, Twitter chatter notwithstanding; then, the Zaslav doctrine about content becomes clearer.


  • MLS on Apple TV, The MLS Perspective, The Apple Perspective

    Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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    MLS agreed to a 10 year deal with Apple; exploring the details, what it means for MLS, other sports, Apple, and bundling.


  • An Interview with Michael Nathanson About Streaming and Digital Advertising

    Thursday, June 2, 2022

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    An interview with analyst Michael Nathanson about streaming, cable, digital advertising, and a whole lot more.


  • MLB Versus Sinclair, What Happened to Sinclair, The Problem for Sports Leagues

    Thursday, October 14, 2021

    The Internet has uniquely impacted regional sports networks, thanks to the reality of free distribution. Sports leagues will need to adapt.


  • The NFL’s New Rights Deals, Amazon’s Rumored Deal, Post-Pandemic Sports

    Monday, March 8, 2021

    The upcoming renewal of NFL rights is a marker in what will be a decade of upheaval in TV.


  • Nonfungible Tokens, NBA Top Shot, The Creation of Consumption

    Monday, February 22, 2021

    NFTs are useful not simply because they are unique, but because they are an easy-to-understand way to understand the importance of blockchains.


  • The NBA and Microsoft, and An Interview with Adam Silver and Satya Nadella

    Thursday, April 16, 2020

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    Microsoft and the NBA are announcing a new partnership; then, an interview NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella


  • An Interview with Ethan Sherwood Strauss About Writing Online, Social Media and the NBA, and The Victory Machine

    Thursday, April 16, 2020

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    An interview with Ethan Sherwood Strauss about being a writer on the Internet, the problem with social media and the NBA, and his new book The Victory Machine


  • Working From Home with Kids, What About Pay TV?, An NBA Proposal

    Monday, March 16, 2020

    Some tips for working from home, then wondering what the lack of sports means for pay TV. Might the NBA come to the rescue?


  • The Corona Virus Whistleblowers; NBA Salary Cap Decreases; Apple, Benefits, and Risks

    Monday, February 10, 2020

    The Coronavirus continues to spread in China, even as reports emerge of why it was not dealt with in time to make a difference, reframing the costs of authoritarianism.


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    Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment

    Thursday, April 23, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

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  • Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch

    Greatest Of All Talk | May 1
    Jaden McDaniels Is The Best Player in the World, The Sixers and Celtics and GAME SEVEN, The Lakers Officially on Collapse Watch
  • OpenAI, Musk & Microsoft

    Dithering | May 1
    OpenAI, Musk & Microsoft
  • (Preview) AWS History and Trainium’s AI Future, OpenAI Makes a Deal With Microsoft, Meta and the Future of Wearable Devices

    Sharptech | May 1
    (Preview) AWS History and Trainium’s AI Future, OpenAI Makes a Deal With Microsoft, Meta and the Future of Wearable Devices

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  • An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents

    Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment

    Thursday, April 23, 2026
  • An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win

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