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Lunch at Michael’s with Van Toffler of Gunpowder & Sky

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Ed Martin

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Former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music Group Van Toffler has a favorite story about a decidedly unusual twosome: Jazz legend Louis Armstrong and President Richard M. Nixon. It’s the kind of story that has informed his new business venture Gunpowder & Sky, a studio dedicated to producing short-form content for Millennials, Generation Z and anyone else with a limited attention span.

Ed Martin

Ed Martin is editorial advisor of MyersBizNet and its Watch, Listen & Learn platform. He's also the chief television and content critic for MediaVillage. He has written about television and internet programming for several Myers publicatio… read more