So, Judith Regan has been fired.
A month after announcing she green-lighted Old J. Simpson's attempt to cash in on killing his wife, Harper Collins has red-lighted her career.
Regan has made a career out of sensationalism. Publishing books from Jose Canseco, Jenna Jameson and other bastions of role models, Regan has long lived by the mantra of 'controversy creates cash.' Her actions have allowed many to make millions for being a scuzzball.
Evidently, even America has had enough. After glorifying such snots such as Paris Hilton, Terrell Owens and Kevin Federline (ok, maybe not), even a society who is more concerned with the zany shenanigans of celebrities than genocide in the Middle East has finally found something that disgusts them.
Harper Collins gave no reason for the dismissal but I'm sure it had something to do with potential boycotts (read: 'loss of profits') which had put Harper Collins in the same neighborhood as Fox News Corp. and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Of course, unlike the WWE, the deceased person Harper Collins almost profited from wasn't their own employee.
So, kudos to you, Harper Collins for telling Old J. that you will not be a part of him profiting of his crimes.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Friday, December 8, 2006
Starbucks explosion in Mobile
What's up with all the new Starbucks being built around Mobile?
I understand Mobile is the second wettest city next to Seattle but this is crazy. If you include places that brew Starbucks coffee, we have one in our student center, one being built next to campus, another down the road next to Carpe Diem (a move that really pisses me off), one by my apartment here in midtown, one at Government Plaze, one at Barnes and Noble and another across the street from Barnes and Noble. There is also one on the middle of Airport Blvd. and another on Schillinger Road.
For those keeping count, that is 9 within a 5-10 mile radius.
I guess that's good for people who need their latte at a moment's notice but I still prefere Carpe Diem. That is, as long as the employees make me feel welcome. As with all businesses, that can always be hit or miss, depending on what employee is there that day.
Of course, from what I have heard, Starbucks is one major corporation that actually takes care of their employees and could be a major boon to the Port City. Now if we could just convince Borders to open a store here and some high-end shopping, like Saks Fifth Avenue or The Sharper Image.
Plus, I get to play "Count the Starbucks," a game I oh-so-enjoyed when I holidayed in San Francicso last summer.
Even though my time in Mobile shall be short, it's nice to see my adopted home begin to resemble a decent place to live. Maybe someone can take a bulldozer to those dumps we call shopping malls and build a decent shopping center then some of these bigger and better businesses will move in. After all, the RSA tower should be attracting the home office side of retail.
Of course, as long as the construction on Cottage Hill next to the mall is taking, I have no confidence in Mobile ability to actually get something done.
I understand Mobile is the second wettest city next to Seattle but this is crazy. If you include places that brew Starbucks coffee, we have one in our student center, one being built next to campus, another down the road next to Carpe Diem (a move that really pisses me off), one by my apartment here in midtown, one at Government Plaze, one at Barnes and Noble and another across the street from Barnes and Noble. There is also one on the middle of Airport Blvd. and another on Schillinger Road.
For those keeping count, that is 9 within a 5-10 mile radius.
I guess that's good for people who need their latte at a moment's notice but I still prefere Carpe Diem. That is, as long as the employees make me feel welcome. As with all businesses, that can always be hit or miss, depending on what employee is there that day.
Of course, from what I have heard, Starbucks is one major corporation that actually takes care of their employees and could be a major boon to the Port City. Now if we could just convince Borders to open a store here and some high-end shopping, like Saks Fifth Avenue or The Sharper Image.
Plus, I get to play "Count the Starbucks," a game I oh-so-enjoyed when I holidayed in San Francicso last summer.
Even though my time in Mobile shall be short, it's nice to see my adopted home begin to resemble a decent place to live. Maybe someone can take a bulldozer to those dumps we call shopping malls and build a decent shopping center then some of these bigger and better businesses will move in. After all, the RSA tower should be attracting the home office side of retail.
Of course, as long as the construction on Cottage Hill next to the mall is taking, I have no confidence in Mobile ability to actually get something done.
Monday, November 20, 2006
I promise this isn't the anti-O.J. blog!!!
NewsCorp, the conglomerate which owns Fox Broadcasting and HarperCollins has cancelled both the upcoming book as well as the television special.
At least Old J. Simpson won't be profiting off his crimes.
However, as I said in my last post, controversy creates cash and now people will be even more interested in this garbage. How long before another publisher picks it up?
At least Old J. Simpson won't be profiting off his crimes.
However, as I said in my last post, controversy creates cash and now people will be even more interested in this garbage. How long before another publisher picks it up?
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Some Fox affiliates not showing the O.J. Simpson special
I promise this is not the O.J. Simpson blog. It is only coincidence I have made two straight posts dedicated to the former football star.
But, it seems my local affiliate has decided not to air the mocking interview. Now, I cannot honestly say it will affect me personally, as I had no desire to watch it but I have conflicting emotions about the whole thing.
While my article in this week's Vanguard called for the boycott of not only the special but the advertisers as well, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a form of censorship. Not government mandated censorship but censorship nontheless.
I am a little worried that Lin Broadcasting's (the owner of Mobile's Fox affiliate, WALA) decision to not air the piece of trash will only drive the curious towards the bookstore in a mad stampede. After all, controversy creates cash and Old J. Simpson is nothing if not controversal.
The AP is also reporting that many advertisers are reluctant to shell out cash for commercials during the broadcast. This is good news to me, as it gives me fewer products to boycott this holiday season.
Of course, there is always the possibilty Fox 10 will show the special anyway. It is still posted on their HD schedule for next week. Too bad Comcast does not have an HD channel for Fox on its lineup.
But, it seems my local affiliate has decided not to air the mocking interview. Now, I cannot honestly say it will affect me personally, as I had no desire to watch it but I have conflicting emotions about the whole thing.
While my article in this week's Vanguard called for the boycott of not only the special but the advertisers as well, I cannot shake the feeling that this is a form of censorship. Not government mandated censorship but censorship nontheless.
I am a little worried that Lin Broadcasting's (the owner of Mobile's Fox affiliate, WALA) decision to not air the piece of trash will only drive the curious towards the bookstore in a mad stampede. After all, controversy creates cash and Old J. Simpson is nothing if not controversal.
The AP is also reporting that many advertisers are reluctant to shell out cash for commercials during the broadcast. This is good news to me, as it gives me fewer products to boycott this holiday season.
Of course, there is always the possibilty Fox 10 will show the special anyway. It is still posted on their HD schedule for next week. Too bad Comcast does not have an HD channel for Fox on its lineup.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
The O.J. Simpson confession
Evidently, O.J. Simpson has been neglected.
A decade after he ‘allegedly’ murdered his ex-wife and her friend, the former Heisman Trophy winner is set to release a book his publisher calls “his confession.” He will also have a special on Fox.
In Simpson’s new book, “If I did it,“ he details the night of June 13, 1994, how he would have killed two innocent people and gotten away with it. He is going to tell the world how he would have murder Nicole Brown Simpson, the mother of his children, and her friend, Ron Goldman, “if he had been there.”
Except he still says he is innocent.
Despite being found libel in a civil suit and making no effort to keep a promise to find the “real killer,” Simpson spends most of his time on a golf course in Florida, sleeping with bimbos and mocking Ron Goldman. Instead of trying to clear his name, he lives a life of affluence from his NFL pension because the Goldmans cannot touch it.
Evidently, a life out of the spotlight is not good enough.
With the tabloids no longer knocking down his door, Simpson is lonely. There is no other logical explanation as to why someone who avoided life in prison would force himself back into the limelight with a non-confession. Oh, wait, there is. Fox is willing to fork over some cash and he begins seeing dollar signs.
I wonder how much the Brown and Goldman families will get. If they get a dime, I bet they won’t get the $33.3 million they were awarded in the civil case.
The timing could not be better, either.
Just in time for November sweeps, Fox will allow this jerk to insult the intelligence of television viewers around the world. I knew Fox produced some great comedy but they should really stick to “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons”
With the holiday season coming, instead of allowing two families to move on with their lives, they now have to relive a nightmare they will never fully get over.
Denise Brown, sister of the slain Simpson’s lashed out at publisher Judith Regan, and said "It's unfortunate that Simpson has decided to awaken a nightmare that we have painfully endured and worked so hard to move beyond."
I could not agree more.
If this were a true moment of regret and Simpson wanted to clear his conscious, I would be a lot less appalled. As it is, this is just a cheap, heartless ploy to make a buck from a society that is too obsessed with sensationalism.
I did enjoy the statement Fox released about the special. It stated, “Over 10 years after he was tried for two murders in the “Trial of the Century” that captured the attention of the world, O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes.”
It then goes on to add “In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.”
For someone who is so adamant about his innocence, he has sure put a lot of thought into what “the real killer” did wrong.
Fox, why not go ahead and give him a job as a consultant on “Prison Break” while you are at it. After all, if he can write a “fictitious” murder so well, surely it could only help add realism to a show that should have had a shelf life of only one season.
I cannot totally blame Fox for this, though. After all, they are a business in a consumer-driven economy and they are only selling what people will buy. The same people who tune in by the millions to watch white trash beat each other up on Jerry Springer and drool over the murder of the week will be all over this.
Nor can I really blame Regan Books. They are in the publishing business to make money and they know there are plenty out there who will eat this up. After all, if “Mien Komp” is in print after more than half a century, surely Simpson’s idiocy will find a place in bookstores across the country.
If America has any morals, then we will boycott this book and the television special accompanying it, as well as any company that buys advertisement.
Unfortunately, though, I have a feeling many a stocking will be stuffed with this garbage come Christmas morning.
A decade after he ‘allegedly’ murdered his ex-wife and her friend, the former Heisman Trophy winner is set to release a book his publisher calls “his confession.” He will also have a special on Fox.
In Simpson’s new book, “If I did it,“ he details the night of June 13, 1994, how he would have killed two innocent people and gotten away with it. He is going to tell the world how he would have murder Nicole Brown Simpson, the mother of his children, and her friend, Ron Goldman, “if he had been there.”
Except he still says he is innocent.
Despite being found libel in a civil suit and making no effort to keep a promise to find the “real killer,” Simpson spends most of his time on a golf course in Florida, sleeping with bimbos and mocking Ron Goldman. Instead of trying to clear his name, he lives a life of affluence from his NFL pension because the Goldmans cannot touch it.
Evidently, a life out of the spotlight is not good enough.
With the tabloids no longer knocking down his door, Simpson is lonely. There is no other logical explanation as to why someone who avoided life in prison would force himself back into the limelight with a non-confession. Oh, wait, there is. Fox is willing to fork over some cash and he begins seeing dollar signs.
I wonder how much the Brown and Goldman families will get. If they get a dime, I bet they won’t get the $33.3 million they were awarded in the civil case.
The timing could not be better, either.
Just in time for November sweeps, Fox will allow this jerk to insult the intelligence of television viewers around the world. I knew Fox produced some great comedy but they should really stick to “Family Guy” and “The Simpsons”
With the holiday season coming, instead of allowing two families to move on with their lives, they now have to relive a nightmare they will never fully get over.
Denise Brown, sister of the slain Simpson’s lashed out at publisher Judith Regan, and said "It's unfortunate that Simpson has decided to awaken a nightmare that we have painfully endured and worked so hard to move beyond."
I could not agree more.
If this were a true moment of regret and Simpson wanted to clear his conscious, I would be a lot less appalled. As it is, this is just a cheap, heartless ploy to make a buck from a society that is too obsessed with sensationalism.
I did enjoy the statement Fox released about the special. It stated, “Over 10 years after he was tried for two murders in the “Trial of the Century” that captured the attention of the world, O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes.”
It then goes on to add “In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.”
For someone who is so adamant about his innocence, he has sure put a lot of thought into what “the real killer” did wrong.
Fox, why not go ahead and give him a job as a consultant on “Prison Break” while you are at it. After all, if he can write a “fictitious” murder so well, surely it could only help add realism to a show that should have had a shelf life of only one season.
I cannot totally blame Fox for this, though. After all, they are a business in a consumer-driven economy and they are only selling what people will buy. The same people who tune in by the millions to watch white trash beat each other up on Jerry Springer and drool over the murder of the week will be all over this.
Nor can I really blame Regan Books. They are in the publishing business to make money and they know there are plenty out there who will eat this up. After all, if “Mien Komp” is in print after more than half a century, surely Simpson’s idiocy will find a place in bookstores across the country.
If America has any morals, then we will boycott this book and the television special accompanying it, as well as any company that buys advertisement.
Unfortunately, though, I have a feeling many a stocking will be stuffed with this garbage come Christmas morning.
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I decided to start a blog as a medium to get my stuff out to the world. Most of my stuff will be found at my university newspaper, The Vanguard but I would like to broaden my audience.
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