Apple was making a show about Paul TV. Then Tim Cook was out.


“It’s something that stopped me and I thought about it, but I’ll do it the same way again.” “There is a widespread good to learn more about the private lives of those who run this society. If writing about Apple’s CEO is not the limit – then who would it be? (Cook’s spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on how Cook felt about the coverage at the time.)

Apple Pal, a company whose corporate culture has been firmly controlled by the same small group of men who have run it for two decades, and whose value to consumers is focused on protecting their privacy, does not see the world the same way.

So now “Scraper” is coming back to the market, and will still be able to see Daylight with a different manufacturer. Another company, Anonymous Materials, buys the option to develop a New Yorker article about the tax, said a person familiar with the deal. (The New Yorker article was written by Jeffrey Tubin, who was a frequent target of the Gaw tax.)

Launched over a year ago, Paul TV is struggling to find its footing in an environment in which its top creative executives, Jamie Erlickt and Zack Van Amburg, appear to be constantly trying to guess what Mr. Cook and Mr. Kue like. Or it may matter. This largely denies the type of reputable play that defined other breakout streaming services. The service is currently experiencing minor success with a homecoming show on Broadcast TV, featuring the deliciously funny “Ted Lasso.” (Branding may be a little obvious: some “Ted Lasso” scenes have as many as three Pull devices and make a Siri cameo.)

However, the company is in no hurry, and its strategy with other media projects is to propel them beyond failure, if not success, there is a strong position that you will sign up if the thing is installed on your phone – a true commercial advantage in Apple’s media business. That’s true of Apple Pal Music, now the world’s second largest streaming service; And Apple Pal News, a well-crafted, if not rude, application that reports where President-elect Joe Biden receives his information. Apple Pal’s epidemic’s biggest streaming coupe was to make the movie “Greyhound,” which starred in World War II drama – Who Else? – Tom Hanks.

And Paul’s willingness to sacrifice creative freedom for corporate risk management is still outward. None of my reports suggest that Mr. Bezos is reaching out to either e-commerce or negative police images in Amazon’s studio (or The Washington Post), or that Mr. Stanky is slip-hacking AT&T routers into the “Lovecraft Country.” The question, of course, is that even in those companies, the lengthy law will be suspended – whoever calls Piper pays the tune.

But, it is worth noting that, at a time when more American audiences are turning to the stream for an understanding of their culture, history and reality, the men running these companies have simplified their priorities. On Netflix, Mr. Hastings shut down the streaming service in that country and gave land to the Saudi monarchy by taking an episode of Hassan Minhaj’s Come Medi talk show “Patriot Act”, which was later criticized for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s role in the journalist’s assassination. Jamal Khashogi.

“We’re not trying to be truth-to-power,” Mr. Hastings said last year. “We’re trying to entertain.”