Dealing with an M&A rumor is tricky terrain for a CEO. When you’ve got to do it in the middle of a big industry event, well, that’s a high-wire act for sure. Just ask Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, who arrived at a Citibank investment conference a day after a Bloomberg news report said he was […]
Give Tim Armstrong credit for doing what President Obama could not. In just one day he managed to humanize the healthcare debate and make it topic number one in nearly everyone’s conversation.
The big news in the media world this week was Ezra Klein’s decision to start his own media property, jumping from the Washington Post, where he found fame as creator of its popular Wonkblog. As he gets busy running a business and not just writing a blog, Mr. Klein should remember two words: Michael Arrington.
It’s not easy to be in the news business today. Reuters said recently it will cut its newsroom staff by five percent – a sharp turnabout from two years ago when it was boldly hiring talent from rival news organizations. There are bright spots in the business, but they happen to be far away from […]