TODAY I have a story in Salon looking at the golden age of cable TV post-Sopranos, and contrasting this with the economic/technological forces in the culture right now.
And I ask: If HBO, or AMC, can find a profitable quality niche — and stay in business — can a jazz club? A book publisher? Theater company? I also look at the world of indie rock labels.
I speak to the authors of two new books, Brett Martin, of television chronicle Difficult Men, and producer Lynda Obst, of Sleepless in Hollywood.