Showing posts with label spectacle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spectacle. Show all posts

Monday, 17 May 2010

Arianna Huffington Sunday Roundup

This week brought what President Obama termed the "ridiculous spectacle" of executives from three companies involved in the catastrophic Gulf oil spill testifying in front of Congress, each desperately trying to blame the other.

Think "The Three Stooges Go To Washington" -- Moe, Larry, and Halliburton...

Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sunday-roundup_b_577558.html

Monday, 26 April 2010

How Gizmodo Monetized an iPhone Spectacle

When the gadget blog Gizmodo paid $5,000 for an iPhone prototype, questions were raised about publishers providing money for information.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/business/media/26carr.html