This is a terrific exchange between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Debating at its best! (Clip linked from Andrew Sullivan in The Atlantic)
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SV’s shared items- Obama's Appetite for "Unprecedented" Crisis and Response November 25, 2009Politico has a useful little story today: Perhaps it was a sign when President Barack Obama sat down in January to record his first weekly address and announced: "We begin this year and this administration in the midst of an unprecedented crisis that calls for unprecedented action." [...] Obama has said he "took office amid unprecedented econo […]Matt Welch
- Advertising: Shows Online, Brought to You by ... November 24, 2009Web series, or webisodes, are being created specifically for advertisers.By STUART ELLIOTT
- "Investigative reporters are the wildcat oil prospectors of journalism" November 19, 2009ProPublica "We sink a lot of wells, and it's sometimes a surprise when we hit a gusher," writes Stephen Engelberg. "It's why cash-strapped news organizations are backing away from [investigative reporting]. No one can say how a story will end. And no one can really predict what it will accomplish."Jim Romenesko
- The Media Equation: A Triumph of Avoiding the Traps November 23, 2009Oprah Winfrey’s gut intuition, about knowing when to say no and when it is time to go, is worth studying at every business school in the country.By DAVID CARR
- Scene Stealer: Ad Budget Tight? Call the P.R. Machine November 22, 2009Movie studios have cut paid advertising and are leaning more heavily on free coverage in print, television and online outlets generated by publicists.By BROOKS BARNES
- Advertising: Once Wary of the Web, Luxury Brands Embrace It November 19, 2009Executives say wary attitudes are softening as brands realize that the Web provides one of the last sources of potential growth.By ERIC PFANNER
- Dan Wieden, Chief Culture Officer at Nike November 12, 2009[this is a passage from Chief Culture Officer, to be published in December]Dan Wieden for NikeBy the mid-1980s, the running boom was giving way to a fitness craze and Phil Knight, founder of Nike, wanted his company to take part. Knight didn’t much believe in advertising, but competition with Reebok was fierce, and he had began to work with a small shop in […]Grant McCracken
- At Bloomberg, Modest Strategy to Rule the World November 17, 2009Bloomberg L.P., using the cash stream from its namesake terminals, is on a campaign to become the most influential news organization — anywhere.By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and JULIE CRESWELL
- Does It Matter If Political Candidates Are Good-Looking? November 14, 2009Yes, but not enough to swing an election.Andrew Sullivan
- RIP David Lloyd, One of the Greatest of All TV Writers November 11, 2009Ken Levine has a tribute post to David Lloyd, the sitcom writer who died this morning “after a long illness.” Lloyd’s best-known credit is the “Chuckles Bites the Dust” episode of Mary Tyler Moore, but he wrote so many great episodes of so many shows that it’s impossible to list them all. He started as a [...]Jaime Weinman
- Obama's Appetite for "Unprecedented" Crisis and Response November 25, 2009
