All things media + future: A little @McKinsey; a lot @VertereGroup. And a pod @GoodSeatsStill! ➡️ More active on Blue!
Between hither and yon
Joined March 2008
- Tweets15.5K
- Following949
- Followers1.4K
- Likes4K
Timhanlon retweeted
Big story in the world of media and sports:
ABC affiliates are not happy with Disney’s extreme multi platform plan to showcase and monetize the Super Bowl.
Story here:
cnbc.com/2026/10/22/disneys-…
Timhanlon retweeted
Season 3 Premiere ended on quite the heavy note with James Whitmore (playing Jake Reeves), who Ken Howard would work with again, years later, on "The Practice."
Timhanlon retweeted
🏟️ Billion-dollar venues, shrinking public scrutiny & ever-richer owners: why do taxpayers keep getting asked to help foot the bill? Economist J.C. Bradbury joins for a timely look at modern-day sports stadium economics; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
"[I]nvestors, at this point, appear to believe he wildly overpaid for the deal — that the newly merged company, dubbed Skydance Corp., is worth nowhere near the $78 billion in cash Paramount shelled out for WBD." (@xpangler) variety.com/2026/film/news/s…
Wait, I thought SCOTUS said in Loper Bright (2024) that the courts now *could* exercise independent judgement over an agency's ambiguous federal statute? Are we somehow back to the Chevron deference again? (@AbbieVanSickle) nytimes.com/2026/10/14/us/po…
Timhanlon retweeted
Link to the podcast: goodseatsstillavailable.com/…
Timhanlon retweeted
I'm the guest on the Good Seats Still Available podcast this week, discussing my new book This One Will Be Different. Check it out!
Timhanlon retweeted
🏟️ Are modern sports teams becoming real-estate companies with franchises attached? Economist & "This One Will Be Different" author J.C. Bradbury examines mixed-use districts, stadium subsidies & the business model behind them; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
Timhanlon retweeted
🏟️ Why do cities keep spending hundreds of millions on stadiums when the economic evidence says they rarely pay off? Sports economist & "This One Will Be Different" author J.C. Bradbury on why the same pitch keeps working; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
Timhanlon retweeted
🏟️ Billion-dollar venues, shrinking public scrutiny & ever-richer owners: why do taxpayers keep getting asked to help foot the bill? Economist J.C. Bradbury joins for a timely look at modern-day sports stadium economics; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
Interesting how Carr is selectively amnesic on media law/precedent here; issue probably not explained in his Heritage Foundation guidebook? (via @tedstew) deadline.com/2026/10/fcc-liv…
Timhanlon retweeted
CBS Sports, TNT Sports merger expected to be ‘a bloodbath,’ per report awfulannouncing.com/paramoun…
Timhanlon retweeted
🏀 From “We Got Next” to an explosive 30th season few could have predicted: "The W" auhor Tamryn Spruill joins to explore how the WNBA survived its growing pains, lean years & repeated doubts about whether it could last; 🎧 ➡️ NOW wherever you pod or YouTube!
Timhanlon retweeted
Need some relaxation? Well, pour your favorite beverage or grab your favorite smoke and take a trip with me and these sweet bastards to falsetto heaven.
Timhanlon retweeted
to me, should be a two-way street - but that would be too strategic/rational for a giant building that is ablaze with massive debt
@Timhanlon enjoyed reading your column @TVREV: tvrev.com/news/what-happens-… Can you see more CBS local reporters showing up on CNN (instead of CNN sending their own correspondent) as a way for Skydance to cut costs?
to me, should be a two-way street - but that would be too strategic/rational for a giant building that is ablaze with massive debt
@Timhanlon enjoyed reading your column @TVREV: tvrev.com/news/what-happens-… Can you see more CBS local reporters showing up on CNN (instead of CNN sending their own correspondent) as a way for Skydance to cut costs?
