Hallmark Channel's Henry Schleiff as the Fram Filter Guy

I sat in recently on lunch with our paper's media biz reporter, Jennifer Mann, and Henry Schleiff, the ex-Court TV chief now running the Hallmark Channel, who was in town for a meet-and-greet with the company that ... oh dear ... holds all the cards.

Henry has an interesting pitch he makes to cable operators. Pay me now or pay me later.  It's audacious enough that it just might work ... especially when someone as charming as Henry is saying it. Link: Kansas City Star | Hallmark Channel looking for clout.