Outside the Beltway

Yesterday, Microsoft became the third American company to reach $1 trillion in market value.

Ku Klux Klan jokes, fake lynchings, and the like were routinely depicted even at places like Cornell.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV and TimeWarner is forcing price hikes that are driving customers away at a rapid clip.

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

As much as we hate paying $200 a month for television, the future is likely going to be worse.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

Does learning that entertainers are bad people retroactively ruin their art?

The former President and First Lady have struck a first-of-its-kind agreement to produce a wide variety of content for Netflix.

Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.

Travis Reinking shot four people dead in Nashville over the weekend with a gun that he wasn’t supposed to have access to. Thanks to what seem to be loopholes in existing gun laws, he had one anyway.

Controversies involving Jimmy Kimmel and “The Simpsons” highlight a perennial question.

Fred Kaplan fails to make the case for buying an ultra-high definition TV right now.

While examples of Hollywood sexism are seemingly endless, this is not one of them.

Netflix no longer offers President Frank Underwood. They’re lining up a replacement.

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

Do yourself a favor and skip the State Of The Union Address tonight. You won’t be missing anything important.

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand says Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raising the question of just how stringently we should apply the standards of today to the events of the past.

The new GDP growth estimate shows healthy economic growth in the second quarter, but it’s unclear if it can be sustained.

The Worldwide Leader fired over 100 on-air personalities yesterday.

Another step toward making it easier to cut the cord.

Fewer people are watching live television events such as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards.

Glenn Frey, bandleader of the Eagles, has died.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the newest film in the Star Wars saga is breaking all kinds of records.

Boldly going……..again?

An FCC rule from a bygone era may get Bernie Sanders and company some time on NBC.

A company you probably thought had died off years ago filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

The head of Blackberry thinks he can save his company by getting the government to force others to make content for Blackberry phones

There’s really no point in watching tonight’s speech.

Obama proposes four ‘net neutrality’ rules.

We are obviously moving toward an era of streaming and other services that don’t rely on Cable/Satellite providers, but it will still take some time to get there and for it to be cost effective.

One day after HBO, CBS announces its own streaming service. And the future approaches just a little bit faster.

The start of a trend? Probably.

We’ve got one foot in two very different technological worlds.

The end of an era.

The summer of 2014 was the worst Hollywood has seen since Bill Clinton was President. It’s pretty easy to figure out why.

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

Would your cable bill be cheaper if you could just subscribe to the channels you wanted to watch?

The soft underbelly of the post-ownership society.