Up Front: As a former cable guy, I promise you that the Disney+ low price point of entry won’t last long. Initial rates are low to get you hooked on the cocaine. They always go up. We’ve been cord cutters for two years and when we add up the charges…

Statistics show that 8 out of 10 of us typically get tax refunds. Financial Planners remind us that we’re basically getting our own money back from a government that got to borrow it without interest. The goal is to figure out your liabilities to the point where you don’t have…

Up Front: As details of Disney’s forthcoming streaming service begin to emerge, we learn that The Mouse will have the Simpsons and a library full of Disney magic. But with competitive pricing and a ton of exclusive content, the company aims to be a formidable foe to Netflix. Via @Vox…

Up Front: It’s Friday! Meet Katie Bouman, the woman who discovered the black hole everybody’s talking about. Wikipedia Isn’t Officially a Social Network. But the Harassment Can Get Ugly. Via @NYTimes Answers to yesterday’s advertising slogan quiz:  “Come Alive – You’re in the Pepsi Generation”, “Where’s the Beef?” Actress Clara…

Up Front: Coke creates a pigeon “flash mob” in 1960 by spreading grains for pigeons in Saint Mark’s Square, Venice, Via advertisingpics.tumblr.com. Quickly – How many of these slogans can you associate with their brands: “Come Alive”, “Where’s the Beef?”, “You can be sure if it’s..”, “I’d rather fight than…

Up Front: Tech Tuesday – The next versions of Apple & Google’s browsers will make it easier for websites you visit to track you. Firefox will be the only ecosystem to allow to disable this secret spy option. Via @BoingBoing According to NBC, 70% of us use social media. 80%…

Up Front: Automated music at your business in the days before Muzak. The Seeburg Select-o-Matic background music service, circa 1955. This unit played 45s. 4 years later, the Seeburg 1000 made its debut, which used special 9-inch, 16? rpm records, specially cut for businesses. What’s the secret to a long…

Up Front: A new proposed law in Australia would make social media networks liable for content people post there, raising an age old question: Who is accountable for what is done with the platforms, alcohol, weapons they may provide? Via @CNN I use MailerLite as my Email platform. Hard to…

Up Front: Congress takes aim at the 26 million Robocalls we endured over the past year. Via @WaPost Only a few companies own the network of underwater cables that take the Internet to the world. What happens if they become a “cartel”? At Disney’s CinemaCon presentation yesterday, producer Jonas Rivera…

Up Front: Antitrust and The Oscars – The Justice Department warns the Academy about limiting Netflix participation. Via @Variety ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Crashes Ticket Sites as Theaters Brace for New Record. Via @Bloomberg. And the new Joker trailer is super dark, sparking Oscar talk for Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince…