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[deliabinder]

Mr. Stankey, Failing Up Again!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/business/media/hbo-warnermedia-executive-departure.html

“ Mr. Kilar, 48, who came to WarnerMedia after a stint at Amazon, was appointed to his job by John Stankey, a veteran AT&T executive who ran WarnerMedia from June 2018 until May 1. Mr. Stankey became the chief executive of AT&T on July 1, replacing Randall L. Stephenson....”

Just got back to Episode 151 of your show, where Mr. Stankey, and his...appropriate name, got a great deal of discussion along with his plans to turn HBO into Netflix Redux. Amazingly, despite most of the HBO Max Failures sounding like they could laid at HIS feet, he got promoted!

Why is never a guillotine when you need one....?

[demipinte]

In Pursuit of Happiness, #6: Appointment Television, Healthy Living, and Writing Letters

In Pursuit of Happiness, #6: Appointment Television, Healthy Living, and Writing Letters

Appointment Television: At a certain point in my early adolescence, my parents cut the cable to our family room TV. Given that the overall cable viewing schedule of the household was limited to news, educational programs, and family-friendly TV shows, I didn’t really miss it. My classmates would fill me in on what was currently happening on TV anyway when we should have been conjugating irregular…

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