http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/ TelevisionWeek's new blog by World Poker Tour boss Steven Lipscomb marks this publication's second blog by a member of the television industry. As the founder of WPT, Steve often is credited with starting the televised poker boom. He's also known to say a controversial thing or two.Just as Rich Goldfarb, senior VP of sales for National Geographic Channel, offered candid insight into the upfront advertising selling period, Steve plans to pull no punches in discussing the people, practices and pitfalls of the television business.And remember: TVWeek.com encourages you to respond to what you read here. So feel free to post comments on Steve's blog. en Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:33:20 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wow, what a week on the World Poker Tour: Last week at the Commerce Casino, Phil Ivey made it to an historic eighth final table (more than anyone – ever) and proceeded to win the title (and the $1.4 million http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/03/history_baby_history.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/03/history_baby_history.php Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:33:20 -0800 My mother raised me to be an egalitarian – with the sense that no one is better than you are and you are not “above” anyone. Unfortunately, that perspective is entirely counter to the celebrity society we now live in. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/03/stars_superstars_and_poker.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/03/stars_superstars_and_poker.php Dan Harrington Phil Hellmuth Poker World Poker Tour Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:35:00 -0800 Dear Democratic super-delegates, The burden you bear is great. And the decisions you make in Denver will reverberate for generations. I have spent this election cycle encouraging people to care again. In the offices, boardrooms and the streets, I tell http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/02/election_in_the_balance.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/02/election_in_the_balance.php Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:25:13 -0800 My wife just read me Ms. Clinton's latest statement trying to link Barack Obama to George W. Bush. Clinton says voting for Obama is like voting for "W" because we won't know what he will do. . . I suppose http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/02/my_wife_just_read_me.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2008/02/my_wife_just_read_me.php Barack Obama Election Hillary Clinton Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:57:33 -0800 I attended a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton at a swanky, high-powered Beverly Hills home last Friday. She’s impressive and passionate about what she wants to do for the country. I think she is going to surprise a lot of people http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/09/election_perspective.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/09/election_perspective.php Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:16:55 -0800 I am just returning from a remarkable trip to China. The logline is simple: everything you have heard about China’s emergence has been greatly understated. In the future, we will ironically likely be learning many of our lessons about forward-looking http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/08/china_and_the_future_of_capita.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/08/china_and_the_future_of_capita.php Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:48:56 -0800 Just got back from Washington DC – the other Hollywood. Walking the halls of Congress, talking with the power brokers of our political process, I walk away surprisingly optimistic. I am discovering that the system may actually work a lot http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/07/the_other_hollywood.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/07/the_other_hollywood.php Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:22:29 -0800 Okay, people crack me up. Really, they do. I just attended the Television Critics Association gathering with GSN, the Network for Games. Though I am sure I would say nice things just to bolster the new relationship, I am honestly http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/07/surely_you_mock_yourself.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/07/surely_you_mock_yourself.php Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:50:35 -0800 Okay, so I promised to discuss the intangibles that operate in every deal. I’ve spent some time talking about what I keep discovering as universals in the deal-making process, but my encounter with NBA Commissioner, David Stern, led me http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/03/art_of_the_deal_iii_part_2.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/03/art_of_the_deal_iii_part_2.php Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:26:57 -0800 I just got fired by NBA Commissioner David Stern. Don’t work for him, so I suppose it’s not as bad as it sounds. … But, in the process I gained insight into what has made David Stern one of http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/02/the_art_of_the_deal_iiipart_i.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/02/the_art_of_the_deal_iiipart_i.php Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:56:03 -0800 Should have made that New Year’s Resolution to blog more. . . As to the other resolutions, I attended a yoga class in the office building health club last night – it was packed. My puzzled look produced a http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/02/the_vice_of_24.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/02/the_vice_of_24.php Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:41:58 -0800 I promised some time ago that I would talk about the PartyGaming deal (Known as “The Deal” in an earlier post). This is a classic example of one of those deals that was much more painful than it needed to http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/01/and_now_were_in_business.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2007/01/and_now_were_in_business.php Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:17:24 -0800 There is a rhythm to every deal. And while it is never quite the same from one deal to the next, there are patterns that develop (and I believe are useful to articulate). If you are conscious of each http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/12/the_anatomy_of_a_deal.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/12/the_anatomy_of_a_deal.php Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:27:15 -0800 A late Thanksgiving thought: So much to be thankful for. So, very much .... My mother has a family tradition that helps us take a moment on Thanksgiving to give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. After http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/12/gobble_gobble.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/12/gobble_gobble.php Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:56:43 -0800 Just went to the fortieth anniversary of the Los Angeles Zoo – at which my lovely daughter pointed out that, having just celebrated my birthday, evidently I am older than the zoo. Now, age has never been an issue http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/11/daddy_youre_older_than_the_zoo.php http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/world-poker-tour/2006/11/daddy_youre_older_than_the_zoo.php Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:16:29 -0800