Norman, CEO of the Oprah Winfrey Network, is tasked with creating an entire TV network around Oprah Winfrey's call to "live your best life." Her challenge is to suffuse the new self-help channel with Oprah's essence.READ»
“Education is unlike any other industry in the world,” Kaya Henderson, the incoming interim chancellor of the Washington, D.C., schools, told me two years ago, when I was working on a profile for her now-outgoing boss, Michelle ...READ»
Londoner Chris Stevens, founder of creative iPad app design firm Atomic Antelope found the idea for Alice for iPad at the bottom of a pitch black rabbit hole. It was a little more than a year ago. He and his partner had trotted out a ...READ»
Garfield hated Mondays and some people think it's a terrible way to spend one seventh of your life. But Monday's child is fair of face, so in the spirit of this latter sentiment: Here's the early Monday news, digested: READ»
Ashton. Oprah.
Britney. Martha. The single-name celebrities in the offline world who have
parlayed their fame into huge followings online is no secret. But other
entertainers are using social media to amplify a Web following to ...READ»
Startup: Education, as the foundation is called, will be funded with $100 million of Zuckberg's own Facebook stock, and is not "an elaborate publicity stunt," says Newark mayor.READ»
Startup: Education, as the foundation is called, will be funded with $100 million of Zuckberg's own Facebook stock, and is not "an elaborate publicity stunt," says Newark mayor.READ»
TV host Yang Lan is one of China's biggest celebs. Will the propriety and pragmatism that got her there keep her from becoming the mogul she wants to be? A story of fame, ambition, and reality in modern China.READ»
The real-life, blonde precursor to Nickelodeon's iCarly, Justine Ezarik, finds her way onto scads of screens with a breezy style and a deep understanding of influence.READ»
I am convinced that like the evolution of celebrity on television, the evolution of celebrity online is headed in the same direction. The celebrities of broadcast television have for years been primarily culled from actors and ...READ»
With Microsoft's new Kinect camera, new kinds of interactivity will be coming to living rooms. Marc Whitten, the General Manager of Xbox Live, tells about speech recognition, about natural control, and how Kinect will change the living room.READ»
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At long last, Oprah fanatics (Foprahtics? Needs work.) can spend two bucks on an iPhone app that will provide Oprah-related entertainment even while away from a television or computer. The weirdest part: it's kind of...impressive.READ»
The thing about stories is that they are memorable, and they have a takeaway – a moral – that persists beyond the details and facts. Stories, by their very nature and construct, are easy to remember and re-tell . . . and in that re-telling the brand comes to life. But what do you do when you don’t have a story, or the story you have isn’t meaningful? I say create one.READ»
Has Tiger Woods 140 days of rehab really changed him? Leadership theories suggest more time is needed. Tiger's interview following the Masters reveals that a great deal of maturity is still needed. READ»
News that Teri Hatcher is to do a Gwyneth Paltrow and launch her own lifestyle Web site--apologies, it's not a Web site, but an "online destination"--courtesy of the Disney Family is slightly lost on me. It is, apparently, a "chick's ...READ»
[It is my pleasure to once again bring you guest blogger, James Allan. Enjoy this post below! -Seth Kahan]
How are visionary leaders created? What does it take for a person to create, enhance and
maintain ...READ»
I was unimpressed with most/all of the advertising during last night's Superbowl -- and I know I am not alone. There are, of course, several different lines of attack I could level against the brand and advertising ...READ»
