Former “Friends” star Matt LeBlanc is getting back in the cockpit with BBC’s “Top Gear,” which has struggled to get back on track after the departure of mainstays Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. “The BBC has confirmed that…
“The Walt Disney Co. is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid for Twitter Inc., according to people familiar with the matter,” reports Bloomberg. The story continues, “After receiving interest in discussing a deal, Twitter has started…
CNN had its most-watched quarter in eight years in the third quarter of 2016, both in total viewers and in the key news demo of adults 25-54. The quarter officially ended Sunday. In prime time, it was CNN’s second-best quarter…
Roku today rolled out a lineup of five new streaming players with a starting price as low as $29.99. “It’s one of Roku’s biggest device revamps yet, and could help the company to keep up with increased competition from Apple,…
The upcoming public offering by Univision Communications, which had been expected to take place in 2016, now won’t be conducted this year, according to The New York Post. “Univision’s board is said to have met last week and decided that…
“In a bid to rejuvenate itself in the digital era, the once iconic pop culture magazine Rolling Stone has sold a 49% stake to a Singapore-based startup company, BandLab,” Variety reports. “The deal was announced over the weekend by Wenner…
[Originally Published May 8, 2014] Back in 1961, in his fiftieth year, my dad decided to take up golf. My brother and I were rather surprised. Our dad liked watching baseball and football, but we don’t recall him participating in…