Tag: business

• IT’S TIME TO BUILD

  April 22, 2020

  Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not… more ›

• Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps

  April 22, 2020

  Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/18/clubhouse-app-chat-rooms/ more ›

• Things to know in CTV, today.

  March 23, 2020

  Like many people in digital advertising, my background is in press, display, video, mobile & not linear television. However, I recently shared a streaming LUMAscape slide via LinkedIn that has… more ›

• Teranga – the migrant-run Afrobeat nightclub uniting Naples – video

  March 7, 2020

  https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2020/feb/07/teranga-the-migrant-run-afrobeat-nightclub-uniting-naples-video more ›

• Pompeo in Senegal: Africa caught in US-China trade war

  February 17, 2020

  Mike Pompeo has arrived in Senegal on his first trip to Africa as US secretary of state. He is expected to discuss security and economic cooperation with President Macky Sall.… more ›

• China Wants Food. Brazil Pays the Price.

  February 17, 2020

  This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and the Pulitzer Center. The Amazon tends to evoke an Edenic vision—of a mysterious and impenetrable land, pregnant with beasts from jaguars… more ›

• Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival

  January 29, 2020

  Inside a US vinyl pressing plant – its owners have asked that I do not give its location – dozens of hydraulic machines run all day and night. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/28/vinyl-record-revival-environmental-impact-music-industry-streaming more ›

• Shopify, the e-commerce company that’s coming for Amazon

  January 28, 2020

  When YouTube stars and fashion influencers Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson announced a limited-edition makeup collaboration in fall 2019, the potential for the sale to set records wasn’t hyperbole. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/1/23/21075314/shopify-ecommerce-jeffree-star-shane-dawson-kylie-jenner-allbirds more ›

• Revealed: how Angolan ruler’s daughter used her status to build $2bn empire

  January 19, 2020

  The complex financial schemes that helped Africa’s richest woman amass a fortune at vast cost to the Angolan state can be revealed for the first time after a huge leak… more ›

• BlackRock C.E.O. Larry Fink: Climate Crisis Will Reshape Finance

  January 14, 2020

  In his influential annual letter to chief executives, Mr. Fink said his firm would avoid investments in companies that “present a high sustainability-related risk.” Laurence D. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/business/dealbook/larry-fink-blackrock-climate-change.html more ›