The old-media business model is collapsing all around us, yet somehow newspapers and magazines and TV networks find the money to send big crews into the Swiss Alps for an annual business conference. Why is that? 1) For the global TV news networks—BBC World, CNN International, and CNBC’s various iterations—it’s the equivalent of College Football [...]
The World Economic Forum gets going tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, but due to a clerical error and/or an extremely generous interpretation of the word “young,” I am a member of group called the Young Global Leaders (YGLs) of the World Economic Forum. And today is the big YGL day. We spent the afternoon trying to solve [...]
Crossposted from the TIME Davos blog: I met up with my colleague and fellow TIME Davos blogger Michael Elliott at the Kaffeeklatsch in downtown Davos, where we sat in front of my MacBook Pro and discussed the big opening session on the global economy that Michael is moderating Wednesday morning. We both agreed afterward that [...]
