The Wall Street Journal has reported that Verizon executives have approached Charter about a potential tie-up of the cable and wireless companies. It demonstrates how Verizon feels it’s ill-equipped to compete against the cable/wireless/content behemoths of AT&T and Comcast. Eric explains what's behind the interest in the deal.

Eric speaks to Laundry Service Founder and CEO Jason Stein about what to expect from the Tech and Media sectors in 2017. Topics include: (1) how successful will Snapchat’s IPO be?, (2) the speed at which ad dollars are moving to Snapchat, (3) why Facebook has been forgotten and what you’ll see from them this year, (4) can anyone else besides Google and Facebook make money in digital in the near term?, (5) which companies are best poised to be the next content bundlers?, (6) can Twitter be saved?,(7) what's going to happen to live sports in 2017?, and (8) which of the wireless company strategies will be most successful?

Some have speculated that Disney might want to spin off ESPN this year to increase the value of the stock price. Eric doesn't think it will happen because ESPN is still such a huge provider of cash for Disney management.

The biggest media story in 2016 was unquestionably the AT&T acquisition of Time Warner for $85.4 billion. Eric discusses his 5 predictions for what will happen in the media sector in 2017.

HBO is still seen as the most prestigious destination for dramas and comedies on TV. But they face huge challenges in the face of competition from Netflix and Amazon. What do they need to do to compete? Lose a lot more money, Eric argues.

Since news broke this week that National Amusements wouldn't pursue a merger of CBS and Viacom, the conventional wisdom has been that it was because CBS CEO Les Moonves didn't want to own the distressed assets. It's more likely there's more upside in the Viacom turnaround plan that Bob Bakish has articulated.

This week's news that Thomas Staggs is leaving his post as COO of Disney might seem like it's a simple personnel issue. I discuss why I think it is much more significant and gives a peek into how much concern there is inside the boardroom at Disney about that company's future and how it will transition its old cable business to a digital world.

Yahoo's had a lot of successes over its 20 years, but it's also in a tough spot at the moment. What were its big mistakes over the last few years? What could it have done differently to change its situation? What's going to happen this year? Eric Jackson shares his thoughts on these most popular questions about Yahoo these days.

Eric spoke with TechCrunch's Jon Russell about if Messaging Apps are about to take over the world of computing. Apps like WhatsApp, WeChat, FB Messenger, iMessage, Line, Kik, Snapchat, and Kakao are extremely popular. Some think they will morph into places were we do all our communications and e-commerce. We discuss who's best positioned to benefit.

Eric spoke again with ReDEF's Jason Hirschhorn about what Viacom and MTV used to be when he worked there in the early 2000s vs. what it has become today under Philippe Dauman. We discuss the Tom Freston days, what Shari Redstone has and might do, and how to turnaround the once great company.