#lefsetz

You NEGOTIATE!

Which is how we know that CBS canceled the "Late Show" for political reasons.

Let me see now... You take a top producer, a revenue positive show, and you cancel it willy-nilly?

Let's say income is down. Then like the news outlets, you renegotiate the contracts with the talent, you give them the option of staying at less remuneration. But not here!

And then CBS puts out a press release saying the decision was purely financial. Then why don't you publish the figures? OF COURSE YOU WON'T, BECAUSE THE SHOW IS MAKING MONEY!

Welcome to Trumpworld, where the truth is irrelevant and you lie with impunity.

And they're coming for you next.

Just like Trump said he was coming for Rosie O'Donnell.

Does he have the right to? Not under the Constitution, but the Supreme Court has been giving him a green light on so many questionable things.

But you, sitting at home, are you really going to utter or write anti-Trump venom? Colbert can afford to lose his job, can you? You probably have to keep your mouth shut.

Is this another Kaepernick situation?

In a normal world, another network would immediately scarf up Colbert, he's the ratings victor. But will competitors hold back for fear of pissing off Trump?

And don't depend on the law to save you, there's the aforementioned bogus, biased Supreme Court and the lawyers settled with Trump... It ain't about what is right or wrong, but the MONEY!

Trumpers think they're immune. But Trump can turn on a dime, suddenly the Epstein files are a Democratic hoax perpetrated on the Republicans. You're just grist for the mill, you don't matter, freedom my ass.

In Constitutional law there's the concept of the chilling effect. Whether a law will cause people not to act, even if the action is legal, for fear of consequences.

It's a cold winter in America already.

When you have to think twice before you speak up.

What's next? What other unthinkable domino will fall?

Cut the weather people, undermine FEMA, get rid of the Department of Education...

Where are our leaders?

Your entire way of life is being changed and you're forced to shrug your shoulders because your leaders have let you down.

Something is happening here, and it sure ain't exactly clear.

Either it will happen spontaneously or it will be led by the Democrats or...

It won't happen at all. That's what I'm most worried about. We don't know who each other is. We don't think we have enough people. We don't think we have enough power.

BUT WE DO!

"Un ejemplo personal. Soy uno de los primeros en adoptar. Era visible en internet cuando muy pocos lo eran. Por lo tanto, escuché de todas estas personas que conocí durante mi vida con las que había perdido el contacto, ahora era accesible. Ahora TODOS son accesibles. Eso es lo que ha forjado Facebook, y es algo positivamente de la vieja escuela, ya no tengo noticias de antiguos amigos. Y a decir verdad, no me interesa verte fanfarronear en Internet. Y ni siquiera estoy tan interesado en lo que estás haciendo momento a momento. Tanto compartir… Ahora sé por qué perdí el contacto contigo en primer lugar".

"¿Por qué las canciones exitosas de repente importan más que las estrellas que las cantan? La estrella del pop versus listas de reproducción. Las listas de reproducción de los servicios de transmisión facilitan que los oyentes encuentren música que valga la pena tocar. Pero los expertos dicen que también están rompiendo las relaciones de los fans con los artistas."

In My Room: On the Sound of Music

Anyone can record a song from their living room and put it out. That over-saturation of music, it’s a good thing.—Zak Bia, Cool Hunting Forget the big budget records, more and more music is being made by individuals in bedrooms, home studios, on a budget.—Bob Lefsetz, The Lefsetz Letter The first quote is from a guy who has started his own recording company, Field Trip Records. The context isn’t…