Some New-Media Advice for Old Media
Date: 29 January 2009
By DEALBOOK
Yossi Vardi is not well known among veterans of the newspaper business, but perhaps he should be. He is well known in some media circles, however, and the newer the media, the better he is known, to the point of being a legend. Mr. Vardi wowed the tech world in 1998 when he sold ICQ […]
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Turkish Premier Storms Out of Session in Protest
Date: 29 January 2009
By DEALBOOK
A moderator, David Ignatius (left), tries to stop Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey (center) from speaking during a session on Thursday in Davos. Mr. Erdogan later left the stage to protest comments by President Shimon Peres of Israel (right). Photo: Michael Euler/AP Updated 5:20 p.m. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey walked […]
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Nassim Taleb: ‘I Was Happy Lehman Went Bust’
Date: 29 January 2009
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
A packed room of financiers turned out to hear from the world’s leading doomsayers at a dinner in Davos Wednesday night.
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Media Angst: Searching for Profitable Business Models
Date: 29 January 2009
By JAMES CONNELL
With so many journalists, technologists and investors running around Davos this week, the financial state of journalism, especially newspapers, invariably bubbles up as a major topic of conversation.
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Davos in the Media: Capitalists Take It on the Chin
Date: 29 January 2009
By DEALBOOK
The World Economic Forum saw a bit of East vs. West yesterday when the leaders of the former bastions of the Communist bloc took the stage to rebuke their capitalist brothers for dragging the world into crisis. But, The New York Times notes, they also wanted to assure them that, working together, they can rapidly […]
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Opera Orchestra Cancels Its Season
Date: 29 January 2009
By DAVE ITZKOFF
The Opera Orchestra Of New York has canceled the remainder of its season, citing the financial crisis and decreased financing.
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