When it comes to marketing, Taylor Swift seems to have a golden touch. She senses the right moment to put out a new single, and
You know you’re a business writer when word of someone’s death spurs you to thinking about the economic impact of that permanent farewell. The thought
When the first slot machines hit Michigan a couple of decades ago in a small tribal casino, the notion of spinning the wheels was enough
Sonari R. Glinton was searching for a job after a company he was with laid-off employees following 9/11. He and his colleagues were offered help
It’s been a month or so since the last edition of Quicktips and those scraps of paper are piling up again in my notebook. From
For the past quarter-century, big media companies have been on a tear to get even bigger. For publishers, that meant snapping up broadcast properties around
What’s a multi-billion industry that draws celebrities, corporate exhibitors and hundreds of thousands of free-spending enthusiasts to events in multiple venues nationwide? No, not talking
Several of the best new books I’ve read lately have had one thing in common: They’ve lacked any sort of publisher’s imprint on the inside cover
Here’s another round-up of items scrawled on index cards, junk-mail envelopes and Post-It notes that don’t quite merit their own blog post but nevertheless are
You know that phenomenon when a certain word or phrase suddenly starts cropping up everywhere you turn? Sometimes such a buzz can mean that a
It’s the peak of springtime and that ringing sound you hear is the peal of wedding bells – and the cha-ching of revenue echoing in
A $49 billion cable television merger is a pretty big headline, and one that’ll keep audiences talking for days if not weeks, especially when it
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