Essays

Protesters in Paris have turned the city into a de facto war zone, their rage seemingly unassuaged by President Macron’s promise to reverse a fuel tax increase.  What do the yellow-vestors [...]

I was just denied press credentials for the oddly-named North American International Auto Show, or NAIAS. It was known more conveniently as the Detroit Auto Show for almost a hundred years before [...]

Apple shocked the investor community earlier this month when it announced that it would no longer report iPhone sales, or shipments of any particular product, during its quarterly earnings calls. [...]

Only 5% of the UK’s corporate pension funds have a policy to protect against the potential impacts of climate change on their returns, according to an article in the Financial Times. I worry this [...]

This week’s walkout by Google staff in protest of the company’s attitude toward sexual misconduct was the latest example of employees exerting their power over corporate behavior. Or not. Their [...]

Virtual reality (“VR”) will transform entertainment, according to 21st Century Fox’s James Murdoch. The Economist notes that Alaska Airlines tested VR for some first class passengers recently, [...]

John Gapper’s recent essay in the Financial Times entitled “General Electric has too much imagination” is a must-read for anybody working in tech communications. I took away three core lessons: [...]

Can pulling an all-nighter help today’s digital tech leaders pass the tests of today’s thorniest public policy issues? Consider Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, who’s struggling to define free speech, or [...]

When you choose to use Facebook, or any social media platform (or Internet service, really), you agree to live by rules that are as theological as they’re restrictive. Unlike choosing or [...]

Pepsico recently showed that social media doesn’t just propagate fake news, but that vested interests can delete content entirely. The company got a court to order Facebook to render invisible to [...]