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Entries for tag: tv

What Was That?

Posted by Jonathan Brown

May 24, 2007

Okay, so I'll admit it... I watch American Idol. I still don't know why, but that's neither here or there. I'm a huge Beatles fan and I'm upset. Not that I missed the ending because Fox ran over two minutes and my recorder turned off—which by the way, is Network TV's gameplan against time-shifting. No, I could care less if Blake or Jordin or Bob won. What upset me was the most pathetic tribute to "Sgt. Pepper" I've ever witnessed.

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Tags: tv, fox, beatles, american-idol, music

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The End is Near for ESPN

Posted by Jonathan Brown

April 27, 2007

As if sports, as an entity or industry, wasn't insignificant enough already, it appears sports journalism has turned into a cesspool of sensationalism and petty arguments between people who play games for a living and people who watch games for a living.

I'm tired of hearing about Pacman, another Cincinnati Bengal arrest, the NBA All-Star shootout, feuds between Kobe and Shaq, Jeter and Rodriguez and now bloody f'n socks!

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Tags: tv, sports, espn, entertainment, journalism

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Sad Day for Braves Fans

Posted by Jonathan Brown

July 11, 2006

Today MLB announced its new TV agreements for 2008-2013. And while Turner Sports (TBS) secured exclusive rights to broadcast Division Series and 26 regular-season Sunday games, they will stop carrying Atlanta Braves regular-season games after 2007.

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Tags: baseball, business, tv, atl-braves

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MeI’m Jonathan Brown. I write software during the day, I bootstrap businesses at night and I’m a father on weekends. It’s not how I designed it, but that’s how it worked out.

Oddly enough, I hate reading and love writing. I can’t find time to do either. I only read non-fiction—typically business books and magazines.

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