Progressive Salon.com Refuses To Recognize Union One Month After Workers Vote To Organize
One month after its employees voted to unionize, the Salon Media Group, a digital media pioneer and a stalwart of the progressive press, has still refused to recognize the move. … Continue reading
Comcast Confessions: Growing Pains of a Goliath
The Verge interviewed more than 150 current and former employees in an effort to understand Comcast’s lousy reputation. We heard the same stories over and over again: customer service has … Continue reading
Jobs’s Great-Man Theory of Technology
In bringing these flaws to screen, virtually unexplored and virtually unexplained, the film, instead of ignoring or celebrating them, ends up doing something else. It justifies them. It implies that … Continue reading
Netflix Looks Back on Its Near-Death Spiral
How did Netflix simultaneously manage both a fundamental transformation of the company and a public relations disaster? Mr. Hastings said he realized that the company’s attempt to both raise prices … Continue reading
Playing to type to make it in Hollywood
Gillespie, an author, casting director and self-described sherpa to creative people navigating their careers, coaches her students to hone a brand that oozes through everything they do, from the answers … Continue reading
The Decline and Fall of Product Placement
Technology is constantly opening up opportunities for stories surrounding brand experiences to be every bit as compelling — and far more interactive and authentic — than the next Hollywood blockbuster. … Continue reading
Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Transformation
AUDIO/PODCAST (15 min): An interview with Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Excerpts from the full transcript: “Actually, the biggest disruption that I think– if I look at the darkest time of … Continue reading
Yes, Twitter Banning a Journalist for Heckling NBC Really Was That Bad
Let’s stipulate that Twitter banning journalist Guy Adams for posting NBC executive’s Gary Zenkel’s corporate email address was a very bad idea. They have begun fixing the damage they did … Continue reading
