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The Indelible Brilliance of Jack Donaghy, the World's Greatest Executive

Hulu, as part of their relentless Attack on My Productivity, has put together a bunch of clips featuring Jack Donaghy, the GE executive played by Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock, at his managerial best. Whether you need to know when to wear ...READ»

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Jack Donaghy vs. Kabletown: The Case for Innovation

The fictional battle between the 30 Rock character and a multimedia conglomerate gets Stuart Karten thinking about some real-world complacent companies.READ»

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A Field Guide to Boss Management

1. Old Yeller Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been known to let out a full-throated growl. If you match a screamer decibel for decibel, you're toast. Zen calm trumps noise and will stop the shouting. 2. The Blowhard On the TV ...READ»

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Government in the Digital Age: How Anil Dash's Expert Labs Is Speeding Democracy

There's an episode of 30 Rock in which Jack Donaghy takes a job with Homeland Security and gives a stirring speech to Congress so that his office can get pens. Finally, a large box of pens arrives--but it's filled with only the caps. ...READ»

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'30 Rock' Ends Product Placement Speculation, Writes Cisco Into Last Night's Episode

Cisco got one hell of a pitch man in Jack Donaghy. Last night's 30 Rock wasn't just notable for the its usual cavalcade of shenanigans, or even the NBC in-house fun-poking (Brian Williams as a stand-up comic? Jack saying something ...READ»

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Hulu Scores with its Super Bowl Ad, Featuring Alec Baldwin and his Freaky New Diet

Until Sunday, late in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, Hulu had never run a TV ad. Although it’s a joint startup created by Fox and NBC Universal, the launch last March wasn’t accompanied by a big splashy campaign on one or ...READ»

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Kindle 2: First Reading and Impressions [video]

As the media huddled outside the Morgan Library in Manhattan this morning awaiting the unveiling of the Kindle 2, the big question was: when can we touch it? Sure, we came to hear Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tell us how skinny it is (25% ...READ»