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DavidPoland

  1. @MattDentler Another fun niche event with zero correlation to revenues. Enjoy the view, bit don't drink the Kool-Aid about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to MattDentler
  2. Diff for news is that nothing is truly exclusive. Content is. That said, local television & net affiliates are nearing an end. (2/2+1) about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. ... not free, but owned and that access costs change. He talks like someone who still thinks Netflix has a Starz deal for $300k a yr (2/2) about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Henry Bodget's "TV is Dying" piece - read.bi/KDcIhi - fails to consider that all the content hos families gets via new tech is (1/2) about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. @ExtAngel @jeeemerson @aoscott @The_Rumpus @carr2n So Eggers just needs to disregard employed, but faux critics? RE bit.ly/KYMFQM about 8 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n Agreed. I think thoughtful criticism is needed more now than ever RE bit.ly/KoAyiV about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n I think what Eggers said and what DC said is valid... narrow, but valid. And shouldn't be mocked about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  8. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n There are fewer than 100 people left in the US who have the job you have. You are the 1% in that way about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  9. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n You NYTers live in a beautiful cloud. And I honor that more every year, as The Blur expands about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  10. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n I think we have, as a group, deferred to "reality" and stopped being demanding of our own profession about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  11. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n This is why I'm such an ass abt stuff like NYFCC's date dance last year. Lowers the bar from the top about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  12. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n I would say your argument with DC was about him experiencing it as it is now, not as it's meant to be about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to aoscott
  13. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n Not being sarcastic. Critics tend to act like the profession is filled w/ virgins of pure intention about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. @aoscott @extangel @the_rumpus @carr2n About half the critics listed on Rotten Tomatoes RE bit.ly/K7CaHp about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  15. @ExtAngel @aoscott @the_rumpus @carr2n I agree w/ AOS. "Talent tends to be hypersensitive & in denial. But who hate faux crix more than Gk? about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. @ExtAngel @aoscott @the_rumpus @carr2n Or have we now reached the point where everything is personal and only "our" choices are real to us? about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to ExtAngel
  17. @ExtAngel @The_Rumpus @carr2n @aoscott Did I miss the part where you all acknowledged that most "critics" are hacks & petty & mean-spirited? about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  18. @raysubers I don't put this on you at all, but so much of the coverage is now about "what WE think," before, during & after. Not journalism about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to raysubers
  19. I think it's rather shitty to frame Snow White's successful opening as somehow only good in light of "Universal lowballing projections" about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck
  20. Men in Black III continues to show power (and profit potential) overseas, down just 40% this wknd for $162.3m international after 10 days about 12 hours ago via TweetDeck