2012 or Bust! Some Year-End Thoughts...

     Hello, my Hollywood Railroad peeps! One need only look down one post and see that it's been 3 months and some change since my last post and for that I say...a brothah was survivin' and working his a$$ off!

     I know, it's not an excuse and I will do better in 2012 because I do care and I do appreciate the hits to this blog in my posting hiatus/absence. For those who landed here over the year looking up porn or for nude photos of tagged artists within this site, sorry to disappoint! And for those of you readers/visitors who checked this site from links or Linked.In to see if I was real or self-Googling, I'm glad you stopped by (Google Alerts rock, by the way). 

     This blog has been a great way to impart some true slices of myself and offer a mix of journals, links, archival material and all manner of informed posts - I appreciate your time and there's hundreds of posts to check out if you should ever feel so inclined. I thank the thousands of readers who spent more than 15 seconds here and 2012 is gonna be some fun, so stick with me!

     I'm back from vacation on the East Coast after a five-year absence and it was amazing to unplug, save for the occasional Android-mobile-hurry-up-and-wait check-ins on apps that, alas, suck on Android phones. It was good to skate off the grid a smidge as it were and I'm now back in L.A. and fully immersed, so that respite was a mere blink.

     I won't post any grandiose year-end lists of hot and happening stuff since I know you've heard of Adele, et al. And besides, the glory of social media, blogs and the Web means that there's hundreds of trending matters you've tracked already and don't need me (or anyone else) to expound on.

    My year-end list, and I do have one, will be random and  and in the spirit of the democratic blogosphere and Internet we enjoy, I offer you my topical thoughts on:

1) Media: Exciting, isn't it? Most of the time, anyway. I am a bit of a cynic and have seen the sausage made and cased so many different ways that I refrain from commentary on a lot of it on this site to avoid crank-usations. The E! billboard for the Kardashian 'Fairy Tale Wedding' didn't stop me for a nano-second as I crossed the street and ignored it months ago. I can't claim any psychic powers other than I see a billboard like that and start thinking of the gleeful Accounts Receivable department at said outlet and the virtual sizzle of a steak sure to be sent back by a good percent.

Other random false starts: "Boss" gets a two-year commitment despite ratings that didn't predict them; Qwikster tanks despite the Jobs-like pontification with a cool ear mike, facial hair and casual clothes; everyone doesn't like cartoon films or certain 3D presentations. DVD sales are down but still gross billions. I still think the democratization of media and the break-out surprises and attention to those who really do entertain or provide content is amazing. That more people watched the talking twin babies in the kitchen on You Tube than "Sarah Palin's Alaska" for example, is genius!


2) Married people: I'm so happy for you. Please be happy for yourself/selves. Most of you are, so don't think I'm being facetious. I've seen so many pissy married exchanges this year that my new favorite thing is to ask couples how they met. It's amazing how couple arguments over minutiae just vanish into the ether when people stop to remember and recount The Moment they knew their first interaction was worth pursuing. Plus, I'm a romantic and really interested, so if I ask you that question it's not so you'll change the subject. It's just way more fascinating. It's a big world out there and love is a miracle and blessing.

3) Single people: Let's get over ourselves, a'ight? I say this as a single person who's not too worried about being single (the options of the world!) but it AMAZES me (justifiable caps there) how so many people in my generation and age group are some serious Cranky McFees. Dating is supposed to be fun, remember!?

   I say this as a man who was a widower at 35 years old. I was happy in my union and it was a hard, emotionally brutal climb from that irreversible loss of kinship and love that I thought would last until the wheels fell off. If a person who has lost a partner/spouse to an untimely death can keep that bit of knowledge to an initial two or three minute encapsulation then you can keep your divorce story to a considerable length as opposed to a 45-minute freestyle. I didn't do it!
I'm just sayin'.

 Besides, you're way too young to be going on like someone grousing before, you know, the advent of interwebs and the world at your fingertips or people in front of your face (very analog, right?). I know it's not easy but get that fun spirit back. All amazing things happen in the present moment, not in memory or future projections. Yes, I was reminded of that from memory and a podcast or six! Not that you need a podcast, but I'll take common sense in any form, any day! Happy dating by the way! Relax and shine, y'all.

4) Social media: The engagement possibilities are endless for us and like most,  I'm still researching what works best for my own tastes and time commitment. Facebook is still an incredible way to reach friends, family and users with links that deliver. despite tagged Thanksgiving photos that don't match how I thought I looked. Google+ I can't really say much about since I haven't joined yet and, yes, it has something to do with the fact that I was never invited when 60% of the people I know had invitations when it was beta. Stingy beta divas, yes, I'm talking to you. Twitter is still a great way to get news feeds and topical immediacy (or for the kids to tell each other #whatsucks) even if a disproportionate amount of professionals use it as a marketing onslaught that would get them defriended on Facebook in 4 seconds/posts or minus-ed on Google+ or whatever you do there when you move people out of the rotary circle grouping or what have you. Look. I'm still trying to clear CDs and magazines out of my kitchen, I don't need to organize more stuff...until I take the time and I'm sure I will! Right? Right? Anyway, there's Chime.In, Tumblr, and tons o' popular and successful sites worth you taking a look at. Tell me all about it at reporterkarl@gmail.com. I'm truly interested and that's the troof!



5) Oprah: I miss you. So many random cult-of-personality meltdowns this fall season and they don't have you to interview them for mass redemption. I am being serious here. Who is Demi going to talk to when the time is right? "The Chew"? I miss you, but 25 years at your craft and signature excellence is more than most are able to do, so I know we just have to deal. It was also an honor to have my realtionships docu-series pitch considered by OWN this year (and this was well after any Oprah-related posts in this blog). Continued success, Ms. Winfrey!


6) The Next Generation ( 18 and over, in this case): Hang in there! I am a firm believer in not hating on the youth. I say that because I remember being an 18-year old who didn't live on campus and had his own apartment while I rang up (and sometimes made) Slurpees and nachos tubs in Oak Park, IL to pay for books and my slumlord's rent. College student or not, you're coming into some crazy shit these days and we know you're not all wearing skinny jeans, centrifugal hair and texting (LOL!... JK!) and even if you are, you'll have plenty of time to reminisce on those breezy days in time. When I let my hair grow at 19 and started making the audition rounds I had people looking at me like Satan come home and many people in the very business I work in now wrote me off as momentary shock value or whatever they thought. I'm still here!

     The point is: you're working hard, navigating collapsing constructs that my generation found when we got degrees that didn't, in the short-term, seem like they'd ever pay off and 3 years at a gig was pushing it. Believe and achieve, because I think you're light years ahead in a lot of ways. I have been in Hollywood for 15 years (30 years in elapsed time) and everyone deserves their era's version of what they think is hot...unless you're ridiculous. Even the 23-year old who asked me on a date and got pissed because I said I don't like drinking coffee in public (it's just lame....I'm sorry...on a date. I'd rather eat something with utensils in case it's a disaster...but that's me) and said, "Well, then how about, like, a walk, you know? Like, an activity?" didn't sway my understanding. You're supposed to be a smart-ass at 23 and think you invented walking and interactive activities. It doesn't get you dates with a guy who was in college when you were in your first trimester but it's not supposed to! Don't fall for the stereotypes or the media reflection of yourself that says you all have Bieber hair, attention defecit, and a prediposition to sext.

7) Sexting: Speaking of sexting, technology allows anyone to be an amateur hottie but that stuff really does go viral quickly, as we've seen many times this year. I'm not judging... but as a guy I can't help but look at some of these public sext scandals and be thrown off that an entire generation of guys are in one-armed photos with no irony showing off their junk in front of a bad hotel bathroom mirror (room service will get those towels. Look at my luxurious lotion!) or with their Mom's wallpaper in the background (or worse, their own pot pie tins, etc.).  I'm not talking about celebs who want to keep the booty calls rolling and then cry hackery.

   I don't know, the one-armed self-portrait is a defining statement in itself and I guess, even with clothes, that we're in the age where archeologists will wonder if at this point in the 21st Century we didn't have people to take pictures of us.  I'm old enough to remember when Food 4 Less developed nudie consumer film with no conifiscation (I've been in L.A. a long time! Not that I did it - besides, black actors don't get asked to do nudity. It doesn't "travel") Again, not hating, but if you're wanting to not be a headline and keep it 'private', be savvy. Like,  put your junkage on a plate or a Bounty paper towel  and zoom instead of the tube sock stomp in front of your oscillating fan or bachelor drapes. At least when you get busted you can say, "No way that's me,  I'd never put my peen on Chinet or 99-cent store paper towels." 


   Last but not least, here is to 2012: I wish everyone a great, fortifying New Year that surpasses anything amazing that you could imagine. Here's to continuing to set the trends and social change that advance us further into the 21st Century and our ultimate expression. The last word is yours and don't let anyone tell you different.  I wish us all the best!

I thank you for reading and visiting this blog, as always, and will see you next year! - Karl

My L.A. Journals: 2003- Post 3: "National Security" Premiere- Westwood, CA

January 15, 2003

This post: The "National Security" film premiere, January 2003. Westwood, CA

     Went to the "National Security" premiere and after-party tonight for THR at Mann's Village Theater in Westwood. I went with my buddy D.Dubb. Columbia was the studio; there was no cohesion at arrivals, will-call, or the red carpet. There were security teams, fans behind the barriers, a will-call table across the street from the theater. My tickets weren't there and I had to get a Columbia staffer to help locate them, which took another ten minutes.

      I took a 15-minute break from the movie and decompressed in the Mann's lobby after seeing Martin Lawrence's character called a 'monkey' in the film more than a few times. Racial rants as comedy. It was embarrassing. The audience, most of them industry people and comedy royalty, just laffed and laffed and my pupils dilated in mind-numbing shock.  I kicked it with the theater staff behind the concession counter. They were looking all left-out and I wanted them to know they weren't missing anything. 

      I told D. Dubb I'd quit and become a lumberyard worker for the rest of my natural days before I could submit to ...being called out of my name. The shit that some of these writers write for Black characters and the business they give them to do is worse than cleaning toilets. I was mentioning some of this to D.Dubb and didn't know that a Columbia executive was standing there and overheard me. The Columbia exec looked at me, then looked sad and worried before walking away. D.Dubb looked nervous but I told him that THR is a $53-million dollar paper, after taxes and expenditures. I can help Columbia more than they can help me, so my opinion ,said in private, isn't going to affect me at all. I worked all day in the bureau. I don't sweat that. I wasn't reviewing the movie.

      Saw Regina King of "227" and "Jerry Maguire." She was beautiful. I confessed to her that I had her "Right On" magazine poster on my wall when I was a teenager. I told her she was beautiful and that I was so happy for her. She's working on "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde" with Reese Witherspoon.

     Taraji Henson of "Baby Boy" and "The Division" show was there with her manager. I introduced myself and told her that in the Lifetime press pack it says that she is from Washington, D.C. I'm from Georgetown and grew up in Temple Hills. She knew the neighborhood. Her characterization in "Baby Boy" is so idnetifiable to a lot of the audience; I told her I saw her character in a lot of my my younger brother's girlfriends. I'm so happy for her gig on "The Division" and we're pretty much the only minority in our respective work forces. She said it was nice to meet me and I was so flattered. She has a great laugh and is very enthusiastic about her career.

     Film reporter *Petra Kane* was at the after-party, licking a key lime tart free of its filling and leaving the dough shell on the table. Her husband came over and Petra complained about  her assistant getting on her nerves. I complimented her on her hair since she's letting it grow out and not wearing her 'Casino' fall much these days. She said she'd like her hair to be shorter but, "I know I come across as 'hard' on camera and longer hair softens me." True.


    Petra said she's a size '0' ("the same as Selma Blair.." ) and that a lot of film actresses "freak out" if they see numbers in their dress tags. She mentioned an actress of a late-'90s teen hit who was unnecessarily dogged by her director about her weight during filming. When she saw herself onscreen that furthered her weight complex. Petra explained that all actresses see themselves in their first film in a theater and decide to change whatever magnified feature annoys them. A TV/ Film actress who has done well in horror films had a breast reduction after seeing herself in her first film, Petra said.


     I'd run into Petra at the premiere screening. She hugged me in the lobby when we left the film for a moment. She asked me for a cigarette and told me she was pissed because she overheard her publisher say that "a monkey" could write the party column in her magazine and she didn't appreciate the judgement. The publisher adores her, so go figure... but I get it.

     Saw Ice Cube and introduced myself, having talked to his Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez on the news desks at THR. I mentioned that I'd pitched myself to his company via headshot and resume back in 2000 when they announced his Black werewolf film, sort of like an urban "Lost Boys." He remembered the film concept and we shook hands. I told him the THR film beat is always happy to hear from him when they're announcing projects. He gets good placement and they're doing well.

      Also at the party: Hill Harper; a tall and healthy Magic Johnson. Michael Keaton was there and D.Dubb stopped to talk to him. Some scenes from Keaton's "My Life" were filmed at D.Dubb's job near LAX years ago. Garry Shandling and I got smushed together face-to-face leaving the theater. I met Joe Torry, one of my favorite comedians, and I gave him my card if he had any editorial news. He asked me, "You holding it down there [at THR]? Take good care of us!" We shook hands.

     Back in the party, there was a group of tables together and roped off. The space around was crowded and I needed to wash my hands, so I walked around the perimeter of the rope and a big security guard brother put his arms out like an airport scan and said, "Mr. Lawrence is spending some time with his family for a moment. He's not doing any interviews at this time, please." I hadn't noticed but I said, "I'm trying to wash my hands. I'm not here to interview Martin Lawrence. I can't even think of what I'd ask." I smiled and he didn't make it an issue. He was doing his job but it wasn't me he needed to be worried about. Martin Lawrence's sister was there at the end of the table and said hello. She was visiting from Maryland. Martin is from Landover, Maryland and I'm from Temple Hills, two Maryland towns in the same county (P.G. County) so we got to have a nice conversation. She was very nice and I asked her if she was having a good time and she said she was.

     There was a young comedian with a young director outside when I went out for a break. They were with two of their friends who also are trying to get in the industry. They were overwhelmed by the after-party's guest list and the money represented. They asked me for advice. At first the director said something to the effect that I'm part of the establishment so it's easy for me because I'm already in. I called bullshit on that and explained that just two years ago I was just 4 blocks up the street at UCLA working for the C.R.E.S.S.T. research dept. tracing writing exams.

     "How do you hold on?" the director asked me. I told him, "Never take yourself out of the game." They are not too long out of film school and are still assuming that their pitches not coming to any fruition yet is a personal thing. I know how that feels, trying to pitch and get an interview for a gig. It feels personal when you're not hearing back but it's not always so. I told them that the average A-list contact in media is 57 years old. You have to keep that in mind, the sum of years it takes to be where you can change someone's life/tax bracket with the stroke of a pen.

      These guys I was talking to are all in their early to mid-20s, eating craft services and frustrated they aren't where they think they should be. I've been in Los Angeles for 7 years and 5 of them were spent navigating non-stop to the next step and I had years of experience before where I was working and doing the same thing.  I had the film grad entourage captivated with my freestyle but it's because I know how they feel. A lot of these guys start off together and think it's all going to pop off and they'll be able to stay together in a working unit and it doesn't always turn out that way. Individual ambitions vary. I've lost friendships over the years where we diverged or people aren't happy for you the way you were for them.

   If these new guys want it, they'll persist. I know my professional life took a quantum leap. I am helpful to people in the business because I remember staying in the game by the skin of my teeth when things were much harder and interviews scarcer. It cost me thousands of dollars. I told the guys good luck and said, "Ten years from now we'll run into each other again somewhere and we'll laugh at this."

My L.A. Journals: 2003- Post 2

January 7, 2003


       Me and my co-partner on the news desks are in raise evaluations. We've saved editorial over $15,000 by foregoing temps and doing the work alone.  I was able to negotiate a double percentage for my partner in the space of 5 minutes with our editor. My talks are in March. I don't anticipate my editor or publisher f'ing me over.

      Watched a documentary report on Andrea Yates. She had claw marks on her thighs from trying to restrain her self and her hands from following the evil voices she said she heard.

My L.A. Journals: 2003 - Post 1

January 1, 2003

     New Year's Day: a blessed one off work. Bebbles and I had the Duval-Leroy champagne last night that Chuck Fries gave me for Christmas. .

     A lot to be thankful for. I have God, Bebbles, family. friends....respect in the workplace. I have the desire to go to even greater levels in this industry. I have the desire to be happy. Things have happened so fast that there's been no time to make sense of everything. Work is fine even though the accounting never stops and people can be hard-headed.

    Catching up on some trades I haven't read from last fall. Kimberly Peirce is on page 1 of a November Variety. i still remember last year when we had our conversation at the THR Next Gen party about actors still sending headshots for consideration. She couldn't get a grasp on that. Kimberly laughed and I asked, "Did I make a funny?" She had fun with that and said, "I'm sorry about your headshot." I told her, "Don't be- I've got a job now." I did congratulate her on Boys Don't Cry and mentioned that the baby looked traumatized when Lecy Goranson's character gets shot in the head. She had fun with the quick chatter. It gave stories of her work style some power. That's my Kimberly Peirce story.

January 3, 2003: A lot of high-pressure deadlines and projects going on in the newsroom. It would be a lot easier if I'd been trained on any of the archived financials before I was promoted but I wasn't and so I rely on executive editor Peter Pryor for help and we've found procedures in the folders. The result is that I end up getting a lot of these jobs done without really knowing how I did it exactly. I have genuinely befriended the accountants and I go to their terrace office and learn. They're shocked to see someone from editorial in there but it's been great experience.

Watched a lot of TV documentaries. I watched one on The Love Boat because I had to hear about Julie McCoy's breakdown again. Poor Lauren Tewes! I won't rehash my disappointment with the trashing of success but I really feel for her losing her husband. That has got to be the depth of human misery, especially after a long illness.

      There was one on Charlie's Angels. Farrah looked bizarre but that's just her these days. I don't know what happened from the time she left Ryan to now. She looks better than she has but she seems a shadow of herself compared to the other 3 actresses. Shelly Hack seemed to have the worst time of all the Angels. Me? I just want to keep my ass in the house today.

     THR is going fine. I think my deal is that while I love the Industry and have worked really hard over the years to get here, there's a part of me that still can't believe I'm here. The Reporter is such a tradition and such trade publishing royalty. I feel a lot of pressure too because working here is like working on the set of a show. In this scenario, my character is the one that's supposed to run everything and handle all matter of work except instead of a script it's filtering news and managing an editorial office. Instead of an episode, we produce a daily magazine. Every issue has its fair share of behind-the-scenes stuff and long hours but our efforts produce a strong result. The work is amazing but the drawback is the same one a lot of people have in media/Hollywood which is you're always aware of not being able to really enjoy it because you're so busy doing it. The industry constantly changes so fast. It's a great education.

     I was thinking of how when I used to work in medical records in Chicago. I started going in to work on weekends and reading charts until I had a strong grasp of the medical terminology. I would have to go to the ER so many times a day and deliver charts in triage and I'd know what the doctors were saying. The doctors didn't need me to understand anything, they just wanted the charts but I knew the additional gravity of each patient's situation. Now, years later, 'ER' repeats don't make as much sense to me as they used to with the triage-banter and the camera cuts. I guess you just forget what you don't need to know anymore- which is kind of hot.

     I remembered this time in the hospital cafeteria when a lady had a heart attack there. There was no time for a stretcher so a doctor took one of the butter knives and opened her chest right there on the cafeteria floor and massaged her heart all the way to the ER. I also remember seeing a heart attack victim in the trauma room, a woman. She'd had a heart attack at work operating the fax machine and died instantly. Her hair was still curled and her make up was still on. She looked like she was sleeping but it was her expression when she died...with a smile on her face. I remember how serene she looked. I thought that would be a blessing to her family when they had to come to identify her.

        January 6, 2003: Taking a personal day tomorrow. Working on deadline this afternoon and got sweated for a glue stick. I have one but couldn't take my eyes off of the computer to get it so I said I didn't have one. I didn't care about a glue stick! Some of the editors were talking about sports in the editorial meeting. For the box-office round up they're going to order up another Spiderman cover. It's like an obsession. It looks good as a cover subject but there were other films besides Spiderman. This is where the publishing industry can be a yawn- it's all so subjective, what gets chosen. I don't think every time one looks at a season wrap-up in the Reporter it always has to be Spidey. I know a lot of us are from the East Coast and like the comic series, but enough already.

Got asked today at work by someone if their $3300 expense check had been reimbursed by corporate in New York. I said it had been deposited on December 26th. I asked, "Have you checked your bank balance since Christmas?" He said, "No." I actually laughed in amazement and he looked sheepish. Can you imagine? Not having to check your bank account to see if you'd gotten back almost $3400 in cash? Later he told someone, "My back still hurts. I can't even put on my socks." Money doesn't buy everything, I guess. Meanwhile, the second half of my raise doesn't kick in until spring, since New York staggered the raise into two payouts. One of my assistants told me today that it's ironic that once my full salary kicks in, awards season will be over and I'll have worked the hardest phase of the season at half the price. Ha! I'm hoping it pays off.

Links Ahoy! Monday, July 18, 2011

1) Shocks in the continuing News of the World investigation including the death of journalist Sean Hoare, via Variety and the post-arrest release of Rebekah Brooks from jail via The Hollywood Reporter.

Links Ahoy! Thursday, July 14, 2011

1) Time magazine's latest cover is of Rupert Murdoch and a cover article called "Tabloid Bites Man" by Catherine Mayer. Poynter also links to the article. The Guardian UK has exhaustive daily live coverage of the snowballing reach and effect of an editorial mess that gets more intense with each day, if not hour. Unimaginable and incomprehensible to both the public and editorial professionals all over the world, this bears watching. C-Span also has streaming video of the hearings thus far in the House of Commons.

2) Huffington Post has a bit about Piers Morgan banning performance artist Ann Coulter from his show, where she joins Madonna in the ranks of People Piers Is Just Not Having. I'm disappointed - Piers' last sit down with Ann was pupils-dilating viewing as it became quickly clear to Coulter that this was not Larry King's half-amused hour with her.

In that interview with Piers, he gave as good as she tried to deflect while explaining her book/monologue/choreo-poem on liberal demonology or whatever confect she was publicizing. Some people have real problems. Heat, meet kitchen.

3) Broadway World has the synopses of the last five episodes of Oprah Winfrey's "Season 25: Behind the Scenes" airing Sundays on OWN from July 17 to August 14.

Links Ahoy! Wednesday, June 7, 2011 Edition

1) Xcerion, the Sweden-based cloud computing service, also known as CloudMe.com, is offering 3GB free of cloud storage (beta)--it's eco-friendly and this is the same company that just sold the iCloud domain to Apple for $4.5 million for the iCloud music service. Here's the signup link

Note. The cloud/night sky image ("Our Galactic Neighborhood") used for the above post is courtesy of lrargerich on Flickr and Fotopedia. Treat yourself to some of their amazing photography at http://bit.ly/iq0QXY or here!




2) Performics released the results of their study re:social media and its impact. Per the SFGate headline, almost 60% say LinkedIn is the most pertinent social network account to have.
I know a lot of people, including savvy media peers, who have misgivings or confusion about LinkedIn and what function it can truly serve in their everyday working life. My two cents is: the IPO share price is no joke, LinkedIn is increasingly used as a recruiting/headhunting tool and I think you owe it to yourself, professionally, if you'd like to be searchable or be able to communicate with colleagues, past and present.

The first step for LinkedIn-phobes: create your resume and profile on the site so that you have a foundation and a point-of-reference as you reach out to connections. Were you friends, colleagues, etc.? From there, reach out and be reached out to and own your hard work. The twitter sync, blog links, etc. can come later as you explore it for yourself, but in this fragmented employment market, you owe it to yourself to do the basics for now.

Oh, and note to people seeking work who are still identifying their current position with past positions--you know who you are!--why are you doing this? If you don't work at, say, Paramount anymore, then why say you are and make it harder to be approached by a hiring manager or company researching you?

Trust me, I understand the fear of not being associated with a brand, speaking as a media professional who spent my own touch in search when The Hollywood Reporter was in the dregs and before its new resurgence. I know it's tempting to make yourself seem branded, but damn it, if you've worked your ass off in your job and you're seeking a new branded outlet, then step out on faith, call yourself 'freelance' 'independent contractor' or whatever you're currently doing while you're looking. It will pay off and it will be the truth instead of it looking like you're too insecure to let go or that disinterested in keeping your profile current.

I'm talking from experience here (in that it feels like a hassle to update your profile when you're looking for work). Considering that the average HR manager does an 11 page Google/Web search on your name during the hiring/research process, your LinkedIn page will show up most likely if you want it to. Keep it current. You earned your props. Claim them.

3) Need an Oprah fix and another masterclass? The National Cable & Telecommunications Association announced yesterday that Oprah Winfrey will be at The Cable Show 2011 on June 16, 2011, interviewing with Paula Zahn about OWN and the process of growing the network through content and "new voices." It's at 9:00 a.m. (CDT) and can be streamed here

Thanks for reading and continued success out there! - Karl