While organizations try to figure out how to respond to the current crisis, many of the messages feel generic using similar verbiage, symbolism, and even music. This discussion between communications executives explores the ways in which they are navigating these “unprecedented times.” More
Media & Marketing The Future of Work
The gold rush is on to move live events and conferences online. These are some companies to consider if you want to host an event in this stay-at-home era. The list of companies claiming to turn your event virtual is vast, but I found these to be the pick of the litter. More
It’s only been 6 weeks since most large gatherings and events were canceled. Many of us are quickly finding out that, when done right, online events and conferences can be a lot less expensive and remain effective in surprising ways. More
Media & Marketing Net Giants Tech & Society
The giants of tech have amazingly impressive operations, but there are warts. Two top tech journalists with new books explain Instagram's travails and what every company can take away from the "engineer's mindset" of Silicon Valley. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing Resilience
A new type of high-tech busking is emerging, and a big canvas that is both isolated and worldwide is taking root. Raskin explains and puts your FOMO at ease with her calendar-based compendium of live, virtual events. More
Community Insights Healthcare Media & Marketing
This past weekend, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen published “It’s time to build”, a short essay calling for fixing what he sees at the root of America’s poor preparation and handling of the coronavirus pandemic and creating an even greater country. More
Leadership Media & Marketing Resilience
Ad veteran Martin Sorrell told an online Techonomy roundtable last Friday that the economy will be back by end of year, Trump will be re-elected, and that few non-digital vestiges will be left in society and business once Covid gets through with us. More
Global Tech Media & Marketing Tech & Society
This should have U.S. regulators challenging the world’s largest social media company's right to operate with virtually no oversight. Thankfully, the European Union is taking action. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
While Disney has created a strong brand for content, will it be able to effectively compete against Netflix? More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Disney must adapt to the evolution in content creation by moving from a centralized studio model to a highly fragmented one. More
Arts & Culture Business Media & Marketing
Much of Hollywood has no real business model. That fact is masked by a near-religious belief in the star system. Disney is a rare exception. But movies can make money in other ways, including by relying more on tech. More
Arts & Culture Media & Marketing
Hollywood is now irrelevant. The assets of the old studios barely matter anymore. The media companies that succeed will be those that can capitalize on lower cost formats while maximizing reach. More
Media & Marketing Partner Insights
News fraud is already an established issue in finance, and scammers have found increasingly sophisticated ways of manipulating markets. But the rise of a type of algorithmic trading that considers news and social media has created a new class of risk. More
What the hell is going on with media? By virtually all measures, confidence in it has eroded. To bring clarity as to why and how this happened, it’s helpful to understand the components of the ecosystem. More
Government Media & Marketing Security & Privacy
A new paper from Senator Mark Warner lays out some of the policy options for taming the tech giants — but does it stop short? More
Media & Marketing Techonomy Events
We asked our summer intern to revive Techonomy’s Instagram. Here, she writes about what worked, why, and how she thinks about this all-important platform. She also lists a few other accounts she admires. More
Community Insights Media & Marketing
Digital-born consumer brands like Dollar Shave Club, Bonobos, Warby Parker, Allbirds and Casper have burst onto the scene in recent years. It's no coincidence that so many are in New York, that investors in NY specialize in them, and that they are transforming how we buy just about everything. More
Artificial Intelligence E-Commerce Media & Marketing
By 2020 as many as 50 percent of all searches will be by voice. Connected devices are proliferating, and conversational commerce profoundly impacts how we search, shop, and engage with companies. One study predicts 7.5 billion virtual personal assistants by 2021. More
Media & Marketing Partner Insights Security & Privacy
New research from Salesforce shows that before companies can earn the right to personalize their customer experience, they need to earn their customers’ trust, a challenge in the wake of recent security breaches. More
Community Insights Innovation Media & Marketing
In the wake of the Facebook data breach, a new industry will emerge, one that truly puts our data to work serving us. More
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