When it comes to travel TV, few names are more well-known than Samantha Brown. Since the year 2000, she has hosted almost a dozen different travel series. Now she's back with her latest on PBS called "Samantha Brown's Places To Love." Brown says this time around she is taking a more personal look at travel.
Since 2000, Brown has traveled to over 260 cities in more than 60 countries. Her favorite place to visit? Southeast Asia. Brown says it's an entirely different world that contrasts so strongly--physically and culturally--from the U.S.
To make the most out of travel, Brown says, "don't go for the exclamation points. Look for the commas." The best experiences are in the side streets, not in the main squares.
Comedian and DJ Cipha Sounds, host of truTV's "Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks", said the show will combine stand-up comedy with over-dramatized reenactments of comedians' jokes. It's a way to connect with an at-home audience that doesn't get the intimacy of a live performance.
Margaret Sullivan, media columnist at the Washington Post and former New York Times public editor, said that the anonymous op-ed that has roiled the Trump administration was not the most honorable way for a staff member to air grievances with the president.
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Adi Biran, CEO of Splacer, said that where Airbnb fills a need for short-term housing options, her company offers short-term rentals of almost every other space. Splacer rents unique spaces, for a couple of days or a couple of hours, that can be used for things like churches, galleries, and distilleries.
Social live-streaming is today where social media was in the mid-2000s. At least that's what 21st Century Fox is betting. The CEO of Caffeine, which just took a $100 million investment from the media giant, is looking toward the future of the industry.
A week after failing to make the cut for San Francisco's scooter permits, Spin is undeterred. The Bay Area start-up is "used to competition in this space," said head of public policy Brian Kyuhoon No.
Jennifer Smith of the Wall Street Journal reports on a theory that autonomous trucks could come to market before passenger cars and obliterate an industry in the process.
Champion, the apparel company that has regained life as a cool-kid staple, is partnering with eSports teams. Champion's president of sports apparel John Fryer called gaming a "global phenomenon."
Todd Martin, the CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, said he sees a possibility for an upset in the men's semifinal, but Serena Williams has it all but wrapped up on the women's side.
Comedian Erin Gibson said that she believes Louis C.K.'s return to comedy is not welcome and hasn't been earned. Gibson believes retribution is necessary in order to re-enter the comedy space.
