Columns

Hundreds of stations synchronized to play “I Will Always Love You” simultaneously.

"The Football Tax feels like an investment. Every year, football asks fans for a little more, and every year, fans grumble. Every year, we pay it anyway."

The story isn't simply a mother murdering her three children. That's not really compelling talk radio. The story has evolved into a national debate over mental health, criminal responsibility, pharmaceuticals, parenting, and the justice system.

"Five unused columns, a few missing parts, priced to move. No reasonable offer refused."

"Owning a transmitter and signal does not make one more qualified of a broadcaster than the other."

"Netflix has spent eight months building the sports podcast portfolio. Now the NFL season will determine whether it has built a destination for sports podcasts — or simply just another collection of shows you have to pay for."

Develop your own thoughts, observations, and opinions. You are being paid to provide originality. People love your show because of you. Be that thought leader.

"This is the new tower. It is not transmitting your signal; it is displaying it."

Political advertising was never built as a meritocracy, and campaigns don't always spend where the numbers point them. They spend where the instinct — and the image — feels safest.

"Professional franchises don’t have to agree with a media member. They don’t have to like the questions being asked or the opinions being offered. But when a credential is pulled immediately after pointed criticism and no explanation is provided, it creates the appearance that a dissenting voice is being punished for being dissenting."