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Jason Hirschhorn, curator July 19, 2018
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I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.
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DISNEY gets FOX. ITHACA 2. HARVARD 0. The enormity of Disney's success is without precedent, but so too are the company's future successes, challenges, and opportunities. Here, REDEF traces, critiques and prognosticates all three in MediaSET: "Walt's Way: What Disney Has Achieved But Must Yet Become"... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's show, "Springsteen on Broadway" is coming to NETFLIX. This is a big deal. Just another example of the SVOD service moving into new categories with marquee talent. If you've seen the show, you know his intimate storytelling and songbook is THE BOSS at his finest. The show lives at the WALTER KERR theater in NYC. It's a small theater. Under 1000 seats. So, it's really Netflix that's going to be bringing that experience to the masses at a time when we need to hear more from Bruce about his life experience and ours. Expect more programming coups in music from the service... Move over, vinyl: A growing community of rappers and underground rockers is embracing a cheaper, more flexible and more defiantly vintage format. MusicREDEF's MATTY KARAS covers this in MusicSET: "Rewind to the Future: The Unlikely Resurgence of Cassettes"... HOLLYWOOD surfed a nice wave of cable, DVDs and such for decades. They dealt with technology like I run the marathon. They took short money in lieu of long-term strategy. They played it safe for WALL ST. Now, at the edge, let's see what these highly paid leaders can do... Many of my favorite people such as ROB GOLDBERG and ZANDER LURIE sing the praises of PHIL HELLMUTH. I traded emails with him when he released his book, #POSITIVITY. Apparently, a few people thought I should read it. Go figure. Clearly, the theory works for him. Congrats to Phil on his 15th WORLD SERIES OF POKER (WSOP) championship win. That's sort of positively insane. Phil gave my late friend (who I miss very much), DAVE GOLDBERG's family his 14th "bracelet" when Dave passed away... I think we're all going to be OK! ... The double espresso was admittedly a mistake. I apologize to the PANDORA board for drinking that at dinner... Happy Birthday to VIVI ZIGLER, ANDREW E. VOGEL, JEANNE DESANCTIS, JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN, and LORI CONKLING.

Jason Hirschhorn, curator

July 19, 2018