Topic: Tribune Company

Tribune's Troubles: Why Frat Boys Make Lousy Change Agents

Every once in a while, I encounter the face of business at its worst, and see the damage done when remarkably untalented people make tough situations even worse and destroy value in the process.READ»

Good Looking: Chicago Gets 30-Foot Eyeball

Open your eyes, Chicago, and meet the gaze of a 30-foot eyeball.That stare--from the 30-foot "EYE" sculpture--officially opens this morning in Chicago’s Loop. Tony Tasset, the artist behind the eyeball--adorned with a blue iris and ...READ»

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Fill 'er Up? What to Do with Chicago's Giant Hole

The Chicago Spire isn't going anywhere, so the Chicago Architecture Club asks, "What do we do instead?"READ»

Why Mobile Advertising Has Not Reached Its Potential

Group M released some statistics in 2009 that projected mobile to comprise one half of 1% of total global advertising expenditures in 2009.  It is projected to be about .8% in 2010.  On the other hand, television advertising ...READ»

Zaha Hadid Turns From Potato Chips to AC Vents for Inspiration

Hadid gets the construction go-ahead for an eccentric new museum.READ»

Contributors

Ryan Blitstein Translating academic research into real-world policy is no easy feat. That's one reason journalist Ryan Blitstein is drawn to stories of its success. This month, the Chicagoan traveled to Boston to visit the hub of a ...READ»

Chicks With Bricks: The World's Tallest Female-Designed Skyscraper

Chicago's 82-story Aqua Tower is also a milestone for architectural flamboyance that improves the bottom line.READ»

Executive Search Consultant in NY Reveals Secrets To Avoid Age Discrimination

NY Executive Search Consultant explains how senior executives can avoid age discrimination during executive employment searches. David Werner specializes in marketing senior executives.READ»

Technology: Mobile Boarding Passes: Convenience, or Technology for Technology's Sake?

When new software is introduced, such as whiz-bang applications for mobile devices, technology reviewers tend to focus whether it is the latest, greatest, or coolest thing to hit the market. Less often do you see reviewers take a step ...READ»

Local Yokels

AOL and The New York Times Co. are far from alone in trying to colonize community news into profit centers.READ»

• Get Me Rewrite! Hyperlocal's Lost

Three Inspired Social Media Profiles

You've read the big social media blogs, followed the pundits' advice and tweaked your social media profile to your heart's content. Make your social media presence even more engaging with ideas from these 3 inspired social media ...READ»

Netflix: A Great or Terrible Place to Work?

Have you ever wondered how Netflix works? How those little red DVD envelopes get sorted, packaged and mailed to your home? Recent reports on the company paint two curiously different pictures.READ»

Futuristic Installations for Chicago's Millennium Park Unveiled

Chicago's Millennium Park isn't hurting for art installations, with a Frank Gehry-designed bandshell, a brilliant mirrored sculpture by Anish Kapoor, and elegant grounds landscaped by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. But on June 19, ...READ»

iFive: Netbooks Flirt with Android, Hello BlackBerry App World, and Steve Jobs to Give Away Macs? in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation resolved not to be fooled again. Here's today's innovation news:  1. The netbook market gets even hotter with a report that HP, Asus, Dell, and other PC makers are testing versions of the ...READ»

iFive: Apple's New iPhone and Chicago's Spire Are Rising and Google's Old Wonder Boy Is Falling in Today's Innovation News

While you slept, innovation brushed up his resume and begged Google CEO Eric Schmidt to let him come home. Here's today's top innovation news: Next-gen iPhone rumors abound. Video camera, faster Net, can act as a DVR remote. ...READ»

Time Inc.'s Mine Magazine is a Printed RSS Feed

The news just keeps getting more personal. Hyper-specialized blogs, RSS feeds, and personalized Google homepages let us focus on what we care about and tune out the rest. Thus far, personalized news has been limited to the Internet, but Time Inc. is bringing it to the printed word with mine, a five-issue, 10-week, experimental magazine...READ»

The Week that Twitter Tipped

Twitter has been a-tweet since 2006, but the first three months of 2009 have delivered the micro-blogging service unprecedented traffic, usership and media cachet. In the parlance of mad-haired Gladwell disciples, Twitter is ...READ»

How To Find Your Job Online

David Werner International explains how to use online tools and virtual resumes to boost your chances of finding and getting the right job.READ»

Obamabilia: Royalty-free "Kind Eyes" Already Stimulating the Economy

YOU SHOW me yours, and I'll show mine. My Obamabilia, that is. I just watched a CNN story on the Mt McKinley-sized dune of opportunistic landfill featuring Obama's face, "with kind eyes," according to an ad for ornamental plates. I ...READ»

The Bad Economy Might Allow for More Online Innovations

Companies to invest in cheaper online innovations rather than tangible technologies in 2009.READ»

David Werner International Offers 8 Tips for Laid Off Citi Group Employees

In a hostile job market where layoffs are being announced by the thousands, executive employment experts, David Werner International, are extending a hand to executives who suddenly find themselves in transition. Company President, David Werner, offered these sensible solutions to help seniors get back in the game.READ»

Getting Political for Halloween

Let’s face it: the U.S. presidential election is dominating our lives and won’t stop until November 4. Might as well have some fun with it, right? Luckily, Halloween falls before Election Day, making it the opportune time to get ...READ»

Seth MacFarlane’s $2 Billion Family Guy Empire

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has built an empire of staggering proportions that nabbed him a record $100 million deal with Fox. And, with an innovative new series of animated shorts distributed by Google -- "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" -- he’s even teaching the search giant new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?READ»

• Breaking Down Family Guy's Billions
• The 6 Most Bizarre Family Guy Moments
• The 10 Most Controversial Family Guy Moments

Caution: Four-Day Workweek is AN Answer, Not THE Answer

Everyday there’s another story extolling the virtues of the four-day workweek, or four, ten-hour days, as the answer to our energy problems.  In fact, last week CNN devoted an entire segment to the Utah state government’s ...READ»