(Lucasfilm/Disney)
(Lucasfilm/Disney)
My prayers to NICE, FRANCE. When does it get better? I pretty much believe ISIS wants a specific candidate for President and specific response from that candidate... VIACOM CEO PHILIPPE DAUMAN has based his entire career on SUMNER REDSTONE. First, as his lawyer then as an executive and managing trusts. As CEO he's overseen one of the great demises in media history. Then when the guy he tied his entire future to decides enough is enough he sues. I imagine he sues because in his mind that's his throne. When they talk about competency related to Sumner, how come no one has delved into the psychology of Dauman? This is SHAKESPEARE. Let's face it, analysts and journalists slept on his tenure for years just looking at stock price buoyed by buybacks with no plan. What else did they sleep on? Where are the articles about the VIACOM board? About governance, ethics and duty. Cronies serve their master, not the shareholders. In an attempt for these publications to be measured and fair they've missed the story and mostly concentrated on family gossip and drama which was meaningless. Fair doesn't always mean right. Now rumors that Dauman is negotiating his settlement after earning 100s of millions of dollars. He's one of the reasons a BERNIE SANDERS exists. Give him $1, a box for his stuff and call an UBER. I know that won't happen but I'm making a point. If Dauman stays at Viacom even until the end of the year, that's disaster. I disagree with WELLS FARGO, I think VIACOM can be saved, but every day hurts more. His psychology is clear. It's about him and him... I can't see over my curation queue... Friends doing well: SCOTT REICH joins FULLSCREEN... Even I'm getting bored with millennials are bad stories... Had lunch with JIMMY PITARO at DISNEY INTERACTIVE yesterday. While many pundits speculate about digital being a priority at media companies there's no question DISNEY is all in. Great vibe, a cool campus that rivals any in SILICON VALLEY and lots of exciting stuff happening... Trying to get healthy is hard when all these nutrition labels are supposedly false or misleading. What's real?... God didn't put me on this earth to be a teacher... Happy Birthday to KENNY GERSH, JEFF JARVIS, AMANDA KLEIN MILLER, CLARA KIM, BHAVESH PATEL and BRETT WOITUNSKI.