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Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we ponder what the Internet has taken from us ... as we look to surrender to AI

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we ponder the new Gotham Sports App, The Trade Desk's entry into the TVOS biz ... and a new creative vision for Hollywood films

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we break down Kamala Harris' Bigger DNC crowd sizes, and we look at how the Venu Sports guys really messed up

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we check in on Elon Musk's $44 billion propaganda machine, and we process all we loved (and loathed) about The Olympics

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we ponder Pete Rose’s next sports bet, the irresistible proposition of fixed wireless ... and a bleak but terrifyingly possible future in which we don’t get to vote anymore

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we ponder Apple’s 72 Emmy noms … and its 71 total viewers. We also look at improved streaming UX, and we discover this TV show called ‘Lost‘

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we ponder AMC’s long, slow march to irrelevance, the power of bundles, and Mario Gabelli’s quest to put Shari Redstone in a fishbowl

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we poke 'The Bear' to see if it's been vastly overrated, we ponder YouTube's lofty valuation ... and we review a shifty review from a certain Hollywood trade

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we look at Robot Al Michaels, lament presidential golf swings, weigh spending three hours on Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ … and laud Jay Penske’s, er, activism in the Middle East

Also in this week’s ‘Next Text,’ we recall our willfully ignorant moments stumbling through TV history on the WB lot under Jamie Kellner … and we try to figure out why Netflix is getting into popcorn