This Elder Statesman From the Internet’s Early Days Is Still Thriving
Brand Marketing
About.com is one of those early Internet destinations that is often remembered as being rooted in an era of 56k modems, AOL email addresses and Angelfire webpages. But unlike some [...]
Diller: Aereo Is ‘Finished’ If It Loses Supreme Court Battle
Should Aereo lose its impending U.S. Supreme Court case, backer Barry Diller believes it’ll be game over for the upstart distributor.
Former FCC Chairman Goes Wall Street
Performance Marketing
Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has landed himself a lucrative new gig in private equity. In his new position as managing director and partner for The Carlyle Group’s [...]
Justine Sacco Fired by IAC for ‘Hope I Don’t Get AIDS’ Tweet
Creativity
UPDATE: Justine Sacco has issued the following written apology to South African newspaper The Star, according to ABC News:
Brands, Web Celebrities and Anonymous Join Global Mockery of PR Pro’s AIDS Tweet
Creativity
UPDATE: Despite an overwhelmingly positive response from Twitter users, Gogo has apologized for its tweet making fun of Justine Sacco:
IAC’s PR Chief Apparently Tweeted a Bizarrely Tasteless Joke About AIDS and Africa
Creativity
UPDATE 4: (3:56 p.m., Dec. 22): Justine Sacco has written a public apology, noting, "Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize [...]