Disruptive technologies like the printing press and the Internet are no longer appearing every century, or every decade, or every year; they are appearing every month.
Pali Research's Richard Greenfield has downgraded the stock of the Walt Disney Company because of a poor outlook for Pixar's new animated film to be released in May.
If I were the czar of a major league sport and had the power, I would forbid a media company from owning a sports franchise because I think the temptation for biased reporting is too strong.
If Twain were writing today, he might have the publishing prince, Arthur ("Pinch") Sulzberger, in his plush Fifth Avenue apartment thinking it might be a good idea to know what the little folks are doing.