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“The media, the galleries, the collectors - it's all very chaotic actually. The artworld doesn't have this defined corporate structure that people imagine.”

People Business Imagine Media Structure Defined Corporate Gallery Chaotic Collectors

Author:Jeff Koons

“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.”

Source: A child of the century

“Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport”

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”

“All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgarise that society. We can brutalise it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher level.”

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Author:William Bernbach

“The media agency model has been hit by a perfect storm ... We are chasing share in a broken system, rather than changing the system.”

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Author:Nick Manning

“Overnight the digital age had changed the course of history for our company. Everything that we thought was in our control no longer was. But within a year we had invested in social media and digital experts. Now Starbucks is the number one brand on Facebook.”

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Author:Howard Schultz

“I get the sense many people are unsure about their digital media allocation. Even those who believe they are progressive in their thinking wonder if they have got it right.”

People Ifs Thinking Believe Business Wonder Media Digital Progressive Unsure Digital Media Allocation

Author:Mark Renshaw

“The Obama campaign is one of the greatest examples of what is possible in the brave new world of 21st Century marketing. They did a masterful job of connecting with minds, personalizing messages, refining old and new media, sending clear messages, and providing the feedback that enabled them to respond to the messages they heard.”

“We are an industry that has historically been at the forefront of defining new media environments in ways that benefit consumers and move our entire business model forward. We must ensure that while we are moving quickly, we are also moving smartly.”

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Author:Jim Stengel

“My take on the whole dot-com bubble was that a lot of people who wanted to make a lot of money got too excited and hyped up the commercial aspects of the Internet prematurely. I think the vision of the Internet as a democratizing medium - as everyone's printing press - is real. We got distracted from that by the mass hallucinations of the bubble.”

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Author:Craig Newmark

“There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.”

Two Light Force Heaven Business Sun Media Presses Corners Globes

Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain

Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain

“Word of mouth is the best medium of all.”

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Author:William Bernbach

“Advertising is our printed salesman. It may not be pretty, but it has to be true.”

May Business Media Advertising Being True Printed Salesman

Author:William Wrigley, Jr.

“Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.”

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Author:James Murdoch

“Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.”

Funny Business Half Media Television Greek Latin

Author:C. P. Scott

“I think editors are excellent marketers. They know their audience and produce copy to appeal to them - they just don't call it marketing.”

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Author:David Robinson

“TV needs advertising for more than just the money. Advertising plays a significant role in creating a dynamic and vibrant medium and needs to be at the heart of the experience.”

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Author:Nigel Walley

“Consumers today are less responsive to traditional media. They are embracing new technologies that empower them with more control over how and when they are marketed to.”

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Author:Jim Stengel

“I question the premise that digital is necessarily the enemy of traditional media. In many ways, it presents us with enormous opportunities.”

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Author:Scott McDonald

“If you go running, you put on sneakers. When you go bowling, you take your personal bowling balls with you. In much the same fashion, it won't be long before you have your special sunglasses to take to the movie theater.”

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Author:Jeffrey Katzenberg

“What makes a media company successful is how it copes with competitive markets in which people have a choice. Competition today is at a more intense level than it has ever before been because the barriers to providing information in the virtual world are so low and the choice of provider nearly infinite.”

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Author:James Murdoch

“Smart recessionary marketing means not waiting for business to return to normal. Instead, you should cash in on this invaluable opportunity your more cautious competitors may be creating for you. If they pull back, your media investment works much harder.”

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Author:Sarah Carter

“If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends.”