
We’re now living in a world where the players are paying $425 million for Friends. $500 million for Seinfeld. $1 billion or more for The Big Bang Theory. For individual shows! Iger got Pixar for $7 billion. Marvel for $4 billion. Lucasfilm for $4 billion. Think about how much those IP treasure chests would go for now? 5x the amounts he paid? 10x? More?
And while I’ve long had a pair of the aforementioned Bose headphones,¹ because they’re the bulky, over-the-ear variety, I only ever really use them on planes. And these days, it’s even more narrow: only on planes when I’m not traveling with my one-year old d…