(Dear Readers: The essay below, which I originally composed on the ten-year anniversary of my exit from ESPN in July, has not seen the light of day until now. I sat on it for months out of deference to some of my former colleagues at ESPN, a handful of whom I respect and hold dear. In fact, I eventually [...]
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I spent most of my earlyprofessional years in the cable television industry, which was nothing short of a Wild West show at the time. Then later, after I was given a regular column in CableFAX, that indusry’s daily publication of record, I decided to list as many of the long-lost cable brands I had seen come [...]
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(Editor’s note: A version of the following first appeared in M.C. Antil’s regular column in CableFAX, a cable television trade publication, the week following Janet Jackson’s apparent “wardrobe malfunction” during the MTV-produced halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII. Sumner Redstone is the Chairman of Viacom Networks, the parent company of both MTV and CBS, [...]
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About M.C.
M.C. Antil is a Chicago-based writer, baseball junkie and self-styled pop culture omnivore who has fed his addictions over the years by successfully holding down a series of day jobs, most notably as a communications and marketing strategist in the competitive and often hyperkinetic worlds of television, new media and professional sports.
