Dick Costolo. That’s both the name of Twitter’s CEO and the two words conspicuously absent from this 8,500-word essay on the future of the company,…
The secret to Disney’s awe-inspiring financial strength: Toys
Here is one reason why Disney is the biggest traditional media company in the US right now: the company is way-better at monetizing its intellectual…
Americans watch five hours of TV each day—but these countries are even worse
Americans are known for being quite obsessed with television. But it turns out there are places on this planet where humans consume even more television…
People are freaking out about ads coming to Netflix
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, has always taken an unwavering stand against advertising on the streaming video site. “We have no plans to go…
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AMC Networks is not suffering from Mad Men withdrawal symptoms
Barely two weeks after the much discussed finale of its most critically acclaimed show, shares of AMC Networks are within a smidgeon of their record…
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Driverless cars are going to make some people puke
Mankind’s rapid march toward a utopian (or dystopian, if you like) future of self-driving vehicles seems inevitable. And this makes a lot of people nervous.…
Photos: FIFA president Sepp Blatter, the most powerful man in sports, is a “de facto head of state”
Several top officials from FIFA, the global governing body of the sport of soccer, were sensationally arrested overnight in Zurich, Switzerland. They are being extradited…
It took Verizon 10 months to finally decide that buying AOL was a good idea
By now you’ve probably heard that Verizon, America’s biggest wireless company, is buying AOL, the ’90s era internet giant that owns media brands like the…
Netflix has nothing to say about America’s latest big cable merger
Two big American cable companies, Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, want to merge… and no-one is particularly worked up about it. Certainly not Comcast,…
Self-driving cars will change everything and nothing
Humanity’s march toward a future of self-driving vehicles seems unstoppable. And the groundswell of opinion in favor of this concept, which would have seemed crazy…
The French are invading the American cable industry
Time Warner Cable shares hit their highest levels in more than five years on Friday, May 22. That’s a surprise, given the company’s plan to…
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Portland, Oregon, is the alternative commuter’s paradise
Portland, Oregon is known for its coffee, its hipsters, generally being a nice place, and, umm, the comedy series Portlandia. But it’s also becoming known…
