We seem to iconize certain newsies which is maybe why we have two new biographies in audio and print about veteran television newsfolk: Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.
What we say has the power to bring life or death to any situation, person, or circumstance. The most detrimental component to speaking death to someone, much like what is said in cases of bullying, are the words that we release into the atmosphere.
Thank you Jon and Stephen, and Viacom, if only for the shear delight that Sumner Redstone seems to get in using their loud, clear voices to stick it to Rupert Murdoch.
Sumner Redstone thinks Rupert Murdoch's obsession with the Wall Street Journal and with newspapers in general is cockamamie and nearly suicidal. Mur...
Twitter is increasing its global appeal by partnering with Indian wireless communications company Bharti Airtel on an SMS deal. The partnership wil...
CBS is not on the verge of bankruptcy, but it is highly leveraged. If the company's cash flows keep deteriorating, bankruptcy could be on the horizon.
The explosive growth of the Internet has led to such a proliferation of content out in the long tail that it is now virtually infinite.
I don't want my students to become Rupert Murdochs or Sumner Redstones. Therefore, I ask them to take the Hippocratic oath for managers, as proposed in the Harvard Business Review.
Palm's hotly anticipated Pre is set to go on sale in the first week of June. The smartphone, which has multi-touch capabilities like the iPhone, is ...
Sumner Redstone is one of those people who have used their intellect to create clever mechanisms for believing whatever they want to, and blinding themselves to inconvenient truths.
Disney has officially become an equity-owning partner in NBCU-Fox venture Hulu.
Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.
Everyone is looking for the smallest sign that you might be both a broker and a victim of the credit crunch. In other words, did you fall for a Madoff, did you over-extend?
Cyber Monday will follow a robust Black Friday. While dim reports on the state of retail are all the rage, if analysts and the media ...
Sumner Redstone repeated his promise that he will not sell anymore stock in either CBS or Viacom. Redstone assured investors he has more than enough...
Analysts are speculating that Sumner Redstone may be looking to sell the gaming company, whose CEO Shari Redstone, resigned last week, in order to save its parent company, National Amusements.