“Good journalism is good business practice; good business supports great journalism.” Quote by Lachlan Murdoch
“The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.” BelieveSelfBusinessMediaIndustryProfitCraftsRequirementsBelive Author:Lachlan Murdoch
“I have been privileged to grow up retaining the love of good journalism, the craft, while learning its business: the dollars and cents. I have learnt that they are not mutually exclusive but integrally self-reliant. Each dependent on the other.” Has BeensSelfGrowsBusinessGrowing UpLearningDollarsCraftsJournalismDependentCentsPrivilegedExclusiveRetainingSelf ReliantGood Journalism Author:Lachlan Murdoch
“We're starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we're doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that's unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience's carbon footprint is 10,000 times bigger than ours... That's the carbon footprint we want to conquer.” WayWantLittlesDifferentCan DoBusinessCompanyAudienceExampleUniqueStandardsBiggerEncouragementStartingConquerCarbonFootprintCan Do SomethingCarbon Footprint Author:Rupert Murdoch
“I wasn't running toward the theater but running away from the sporting goods store. Of course now that I'm selling spaghetti sauce (with Newman's Own), I begin to understand the romance of business.. the allure of being the biggest fish in the pond and the juice you get from beating out your competitors.” RunningRomanceCoursesBusinessTheaterFishesStoresSellingGoodsRunning AwayCompetitorsJuiceSaucePondsSpaghettiAllureNewmanSpaghetti Sauce Author:Paul Newman
“When the idea came up, (Newman's Own) I said, "Are you crazy? Stick my face on the label of salad dressing?" And then, of course, we got the whole idea of exploitation and how circular it is. Why not, really, go to the fullest length, and the silliest length, in exploiting yourself and turn the proceeds back to the community?” SaidIdeasWholeFacesTurnsCoursesCommunityBusinessCrazySticksLabelsLengthWhy NotBrandingExploitationPhilanthropyDressingsSaladNewmanSalad Dressing Author:Paul Newman
“I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and then you try to make a difference of some sort.” FeelsTryingPersonsJobsCan DoDifferencesBusinessBest ThingsMaking A Difference Author:Craig Newmark
“When I started eBay, it was a hobby, an experiment to see if people could use the Internet to be empowered through access to an efficient market. I actually wasn't thinking about it in terms of a social impact. It was really about helping people connect around a sphere of interest so they could do business.” PeopleIfsThinkingHelpingUseSocialTermInterestBusinessPowerInternetImpactAccessExperimentsSpheresEfficientHobbiesHelping PeopleEmpoweredEbaySocial ImpactEfficient Markets Author:Pierre Omidyar
“For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.” HumansBusinessPracticeRightsSolutionsAbuseHuman RightsDestructivePhilanthropyOpposingGood BusinessCampaigning Author:Anita Roddick
“We want passion for our business.. workers who can interpret and execute our mission, who want to build a career, not just take a temporary job.” WantJobsPassionBusinessCareersWorkersMissionsTemporary Author:Howard Schultz
“I don't care about awards and public image. We know the business of entertainment. We worship our work, we worship our clients and we worship profitability.” KnowsCarePassionBusinessWorshipEntertainmentDon't CareI Don't CareAwardsClientsProfitabilityPublic Image Author:Shailender Singh