The cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is not, as CBS executives would like us to believe, a 'purely financial decision.' It is, quite transparently, the ceremonial sacrifice of satire on the altar of political appeasement and corporate consolidation.
Raptors fans are grappling with the departure of Masai Ujiri from his role as President of the Toronto Raptors. What is especially unsettling about his exit is the cold, corporate feel behind it, seemingly driven by cost savings and politics.