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Not much today as I'm on holiday trying to ski, but then DELTA decided to just take my bag off the plane with others due to the weight of the plane. No heads up. Leaving me stranded with nothing including my heart and diabetes meds. I rant about airlines of because many of them treat their customers like cattle waiting for the slaughter. I'm writing a piece about the airline industry and how little respect most airlines, not all, have for their passengers. Would like to hear your experiences via email. DELTA and UNITED are a major focus, but happy to hear all. I've never quite seen an industry like this. And we live in the age of AMAZON, where things just work... Lots of talk about the fall of publishing for over a decade. Since the early days of the consumer internet, the lack of strategy, and monumental insecurity (FOMO) has plagued publishers of newspapers, magazines, and news-oriented sites. I'm mostly focusing here on the U.S. And it's not an absolute. But in the worst cases, it's caused them to be lambs for lions. Whether the early days of free content on YAHOO or the rumors of revenue splits with APPLE. Then there is a narrative given all the layoffs in publishing that this is also a terrible indicator of health. But I want to push back on this a little. Maybe the IPO and VC fueled growth targets expanded these areas well beyond reality and catered to the hype. Likely they never should have been that big. Sometimes right-sizing is just that. It's a great debate... The new breed of politicians better learn how to compromise. Thinking a lot about AMAZON NYC. Will be back with a measured look in a few days. My father used to say, "it's never about what it's about." Looking a lot like that in the early moments... My girl is right, the BLACK PANTHER soundtrack is literally perfect. A masterpiece... A wormhole just opened up in the universe. I agreed with ANN COULTER on something. The MANGO MUSSOLINI is an idiot... OMFG. ADIDAS, really?... Happy Birthday to JENNIFER RAINES, MILES BECKETT, DAVID RABIN, and TED ZAGAT.

Jason Hirschhorn, curator

February 15, 2019