I'm back. Hi!... Just about everyone is a fan of THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. Even if you don't love their content (WTF is wrong with you?), you have to admire what they've achieved. At the same time skepticism of what's next is fair. As MATTHEW BALL writes in our newest REDEF ORIGINAL, Disney is attempting perhaps the biggest pivot in blue chip history - one that takes the X-year old behemoth from a B2B to B2C company. That's hard. It's essentially unprecedented at this scale. But there are many reasons to be optimistic. Nine in fact. "Nine Reasons Why Disney+ Will Succeed (And Why Four Criticisms are Overhyped)." Disney may be entering the SVOD market late and without much of its best content, but Disney+ is going to thrive. And while some of the reasons are evident, most remain overlooked or misunderstood. We've been tracking them for 4 years and get what they're doing. We're bullish but it's going to be tough. But you know what? If they can't make it work, then no legacy media company can. And if that happens, we'll know once and for all that content isn't king... It's the final season. Think you know everything there is to know about "GAME OF THRONES"? You know nothing. Go deep. Get the knowledge with REDEF SET: "Winter Is Here: The Oral History of 'Game of Thrones'"... Friends doing well (and writing books): CHELSEA HANDLER's "Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!"... PREET BHARARA's "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law"... JESSICA YELLIN's "Savage News"... This movie knocked me on my ass. Funny, freaky, scary and totally fucked up in a good way. Can't wait for you to see "PERFECTION" ALLISON WILLIAMS kills it... Did you love BTS on SNL? Getting into some K-POP or want to? Check the REDEF archives... Have you heard of BIGHEAD BALLOONS? This guy is a genius artist. His INSTAGRAM is something... Happy Happy Birthday to my one and only baby sister JODY STAMBOULI. She keeps me flush with brisket since Mom died. And to DAN FROMMER, ZACH JAMES, STACY GREEN, JODI GUBER BRUFSKY, and HOWARD MARKS.