“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?” KnowsLooksPlayFeelingsFeltQualityResponsibilityCompanyEnemyRolesKnow HowWorstComfortSolitudeNewsMadEnvyKicksHelpfulWillingnessIntrovertGood NewsWorst EnemyExtroverts Author:Laurie Helgoe
“We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.” PeopleKnowsDifferentJobsTurnsLiteratureBitsCompanyHeardInternetNewsAssumingRadioEveningCablesTurn-on Author:Bob Schieffer
“The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another economic collapse, it’s almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it’s a perpetual driver of disruption.” IfsCompanyEconomicNewsCrisisLifetimeFinancialDriversCollapsePerpetualUnpredictableShrinksPredictableDisruptionFinancial CrisisForecastsEconomic Collapse Author:Steve Jurvetson
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.” PeopleWorldWritingGovernmentInterestingCompanyOne ThingNewsTowns Author:Sally Quinn
“For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values.” ThinkingCharacterValuesCompanyNewsReflectionCorporations Author:Rupert Murdoch
“Cable news is 24 hours long so you have to fill it up with something. No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman. It's a joke. Clearly he is a classic, old school bad guy. He's bad not because he works for an oil company but because he's evil. No, it's not a communist movie in any way.” WayLongCharacterSchoolGuyEvilHoursCompanyNewsJokesCapitalismOilClassicCommunistBad GuysCablesOld SchoolAllegoryOil CompaniesMuppetCable News Author:James Bobin
“Well, the good news is that there's quite a lot of cynicism about major labels within radio and the press. I think they have been largely disillusioned by the manner in which the record companies have developed music.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensCompanyRecordsMajorsNewsPressesRadioLabelsCynicismGood NewsRecord CompaniesDisillusioned Author:Mick Hucknall
“The media companies control whether a candidate gets "coverage" - which itself is tied to the knowledge of how much he or she has raised. The networks then know how much money the candidate is likely to spend on commercial airtime buys - so, this is a reinforcing system of legal corruption and quid pro quo news coverage.” KnowsCompanyKnow HowMediaNewsRaisedCorruptionCandidatesTiedCoverageQuid Pro QuoNews Coverage Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“At the moment we are facing a whole collection of difficult to forecast developments from the situation in China and the oil-price crash to the worrying news from some banks in Europe and the US. All of that is linked: Worldwide company debt is high and there is a lot of money in circulation. That is why necessary structural reforms are not being made.” MadeWholeMomentsDifficultCompanySituationWorryDevelopmentNewsEuropeChinaDebtOilReformCollectionsLots Of MoneyCrashLinkedCirculationForecastsOil Price Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“There are highly innovative companies in the U.S., Germany, and India. And there are many stories of companies that failed to innovate in all those countries. This is good news because it means, regardless of your cultural background or where your company is based, it can become innovative.” MeanCountryStoriesCompanyNewsIndiaBackgroundsGermanyGood NewsInnovative Author:David Livermore
“And yes, it is harder to make movies because budgets are getting smaller, and the companies stocks are down. The only good news on the horizon is that box office has been up by something like 23% from last year, which is great for us. It's still the cheapest form of entertainment.” YearsHas BeensStillsLastsFormCompanyOfficeNewsHarderBoxesEntertainmentBudgetsHorizonLast YearGood NewsBox Office Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“A [news] magazine printed a [photo-illustration] of me in a ball gown holding a vacuum cleaner, saying I started a company. Last time I checked, I'm not selling vacuums. It was very sexist.” LastsCompanyNewsBallsSellingMagazinesLast TimePrintedVacuumsCleanersIllustrationSexistGowns Author:Reese Witherspoon
“I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.” ThinkingBigsCompanyNewsDataGood NewsThink Big Author:Cathy O'Neil
“In 1996 or 1997, out of nowhere, Fox News comes on and it's on channel 360 on Direct TV, and out of 300 million Americans, on every single night, anywhere from 3 to 5 million watch it, we're talking about at no more than 2 percent of the American public is watching Fox at any given moment. Yet, ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, the institutional left, CNN, MSNBC, the record companies, Hollywood, all seem to be committed towards aligning their minds and their money and their other resources to try to shut up Fox News.” TryingMindMomentsSeemsNightLeftGivenCompanyTalkingWatchesMillionsRecordsNew YorkTvsNewsPercentResourcesDirectHollywoodCommittedShut UpFoxesNew York TimesRecord CompaniesCnnFox NewsNbc Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I think it would be a mistake for social media companies to try to, on their own, determine or deign what is a fake news story and what isn't and shut it off, or what's a good news organization or a bad news organization. That's a very, very slippery slope.” ThinkingTryingStoriesWould BeSocialMistakeCompanyMediaNewsOrganizationDetermineSocial MediaFakeGood NewsBad NewsSlipperySlopesSlippery SlopeNews Stories Author:Vivian Schiller
“Every night I watch the nightly news. It's funded by the pharmaceutical companies. Virtually every ad is a drug ad. They get their say every night on the nightly news through advertising.” NightCompanyWatchesDrugNewsAdvertisingAdsEvery NightPharmaceuticalPharmaceutical Companies Author:Michael Moore
“At the White House, everybody works for the same person. They're all part of the same company. But on Capitol Hill, they're all independent contractors. They all work for themselves. That's a formula for getting news.” PersonsHouseWhiteCompanyNewsIndependentHillsWhite HouseFormulasCapitolContractorCapitol Hill Author:Bob Schieffer
“To be sure, if you watch CNBC all day long you'll pick up some interesting news about particular companies and the economy as a whole. Unfortunately, to get to the useful information, you have to wade through reams of useless stuff, with little guidance on how to distinguish between the two.” IfsLittlesLongTwoWholeStuffInterestingCompanyWatchesEconomyInformationParticularNewsPicksUselessGuidanceWadeSome InterestingUseful InformationUseless Stuff Author:James Surowiecki
“You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.” AsksEasyBusinessCompanyNewsScratchesBad NewsWatsonTidyTidings Book:Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond Source: Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond
“I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCompanyEnemySonCircumstancesNewsSatisfactionMy SonContemptMachineryMassacresGleeSlaughterhouse FiveSlaughterhouse 5Slaughter House 5Slaughter House Five Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
“As financial market players know, advantage comes from reacting to news first. The same thing is true for all companies. When you start the conversation, you are recognised as someone who is plugged into the marketplace of ideas. If you talk about an idea early, you naturally get more exposure because the threads of conversation stem from what you have said. If you're in late you get lost in the cacophony.” IfsKnowsFirstsSaidIdeasLostCompanyPlayerCommunicationConversationLateNewsAdvantageFinancialThreadStemExposureMarketplaceReactingFinancial MarketsCacophony Author:David Meerman Scott
“News Corporation, today, reaches people at home and at work... when they're thinking... when they're laughing... and when they are making choices that have enormous impact. The unique potential - and duty - of a media company are to help its audiences connect to the issues that define our time.” PeopleThinkingHelpingHomeTodayChoicesCompanyAudienceLaughingIssuesMediaDutyNewsUniqueEncouragementImpactEnormousJournalistCorporationsOur TimeMaking Choices Author:Rupert Murdoch