business strategy

How BuzzFeed UK handles its redundancies will tell us a lot about the future of the business Paid Members Public
BuzzFeed UK to make 45 staff redundant [http://uk.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-uk-to-make-45-staff-redundant-2017-12?r=US&IR=T] > The website’s London workforce was briefed on the plans on Thursday evening. In a tweet later confirmed by the company, media and politics reporter Mark Di Stefano said 45 of the bureau’s
Euromoney Institutional Investor sells niche hedge fund titles to Pageant Paid Members Public
A press release landed in my in-box this morning: > Pageant Media, the business information specialist, today announces the acquisition of Hedge Fund Intelligence, a series of business information, data and workflow products – including EuroHedge and AsiaHedge – and global events, which provide a 360-degree view of the hedge fund world. (No
Oculus joins the Facebook flotilla Paid Members Public
Is Facebook becoming a good old fashioned conglomerate? Felix Salmon thinks so [http://feedly.com/e/tRs6jlWF]: > Zuckerberg knows how short-lived products can be, on the internet: he knows that if he wants to build a company which will last decades, it’s going to have to outlast Facebook as
Employment and the ageing journalist Paid Members Public
Talking of team diversity (as we were [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2014/03/diversity_makes_for_better_journalism.html] ), how about age [http://onpr.com/will-they-still-need-you-when-youre-64/]? > For all but a very small minority of people at the top, the corporate world is a cult of youth. The ‘up or
31-3.4 The Best Practice Delusion Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/81S5RrVaWUL._SL1500_-3577.html] I’ve been reading – and throughly enjoying – Leander Kahney’s book about Jony Ive [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241001773/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0241001773&linkCode=as2&
Amped about ampp3d and rigorous innovation Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/01/ampp3d-3427.html] When I first heard about Trinity Mirror’s Us vs th3m [http://usvsth3m.com], I rolled my eyes. Did the UK really need another Buzzfeed clone? Were our publishers incapable of innovating rather than jumping on yet another bandwagon?