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January 08, 2009

Satyam Failure Hurts All Investors

Catherine New

The accounting scandal of Satyam, one of India's largest outsourcing companies, seriously hurts investor confidence, not only for India but worldwide, says Professor Sudhakar V. Balachandran.

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March 06, 2009

A Requiem for the Supercar

Hootan Mahallati ’07

The closing of General Motors' High Performance Vehicles division will have a major psychological and symbolic impact on the car industry.

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July 26, 2006

Decision brief: EMC turnaround

In the 1990s, EMC was the hottest stock on the NYSE. But when the dot-com bubble burst, the company took a turn for the worse. How did Joe Tucci revamp EMC's business model to fit a radically different marketplace?

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January 22, 2009

Passing the Leadership Torch

Brian Belardi

Firms with iconic CEOs often enjoy an advantage over their competitors. But what happens when their leaders move on?

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February 04, 2008

MBAs in Tinseltown

Jocelyn Lee ’08

Lured by the promise of sunny weather and Hollywood glamour, nearly 30 Columbia MBAs (including me) descended upon Los Angeles for the annual student-run media trip this January.

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March 16, 2009

Increasing Our Economic Bandwidth?

Brian Belardi

More than $7 billion of the stimulus package has been allocated to expanding the nation's broadband networks. But will the program create as many jobs as its proponents suggest?

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October 05, 2009

A Prescription for the Media Industry

Catherine New

A new book, "The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies" by faculty members Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald and Ava Seave delves into the reasons why the media industry is hitting bottom.

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February 22, 2008

Pulling the Plug: Polaroid and Toshiba

Rita Gunther McGrath

One of the most difficult — but essential — decisions to make in today’s hypercompetitive markets are those that involve shutting things down.

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January 17, 2008

Media concentration in an era of digital convergence

In his new book, Eli Noam measures market share to gauge how the media industry has evolved and to determine which companies will win and lose in the digital infotainment age.

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February 23, 2009

Is There a Marketing Lesson from Slumdog Millionaire?

Catherine New

The film's success mirrors many of the trends that are driving Indian advertising and branding. What are they? Professor Gita Johar shares what panelists discussed at the recent Branding in India and China symposium.

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March 11, 2009

Three Ways to Market in a Downturn

Don Sexton

Is Citi Field a well-placed marketing spend? In challenging economic times, don't underestimate the importance of customer perception. What else do marketers need to consider?

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July 03, 2008

A Tribute to Professor Holbrook, My Music Teacher

Anil Srinivasan, MPhil '05

Professor Holbrook did a series of studies on music, mostly to understand the role music plays in shaping the way most of us think and feel about nonmusical things.

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June 09, 2009

Cheap Content: Is It Over?

Catherine New

Newspaper and media publishers are struggling to find a way to make money. Adjunct professor and media consultant Ava Seave shares her thoughts on how they might find the right price.

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February 07, 2008

Capon’s Top 3 Marketers of 2007

Noel Capon

Everyone has his or her own choices for the top marketers of 2007, so I don’;t expect you to agree with me.

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February 05, 2008

Super Bowl Ads Go Online... or Do They?

David Rogers

Super Bowl ads don’t quite make it to the new world of networking sites, user content and interactive media.

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January 11, 2008

Friends Shouldn’t Let Friends Make Recommendations

Jill Stoddard

Facebook users sent a strong message to the company in November: don’t share our online buying information. But how valuable is this information among friends?

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September 18, 2009

Driving Results With Social Media

Brian Lenhart '10

It's imperative that marketers realize that social media is the business strategy - not just a part of the business strategy.

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March 06, 2008

CBS Gets Sirius

Paul Glader, Sonja Kosman, Mick Lewis

Sirius Radio CEO Mel Karmazin describes his early days with CBS Radio and how he went from taxi driver’ son to media industry legend.

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April 08, 2009

IPL's Winning Mix of Sport and Cinema

Catherine New

How did the Indian Premier League become a worldwide phenomenon? Professor Rajeev Kohli's case study on the cricket league was the focus of the School's inaugural case competition, which concluded last night. Read more about the case.

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January 15, 2009

Expanding Our Public Offerings

Catherine New

Columbia Business School's digital footprint is growing. Where does your social network overlap?

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October 15, 2008

Tackling the Textbook Giants

Brian Belardi

To combat the high cost of textbooks, Professor Noel Capon is allowing students to pay what they wish for the online version of his new marketing text.

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March 10, 2008

Spring Break in Korea

Leoneda Inge ’08

Monday morning we started the day off with yoga and it’s already in the news.

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August 13, 2009

CITI Assists with Broadband Review

Catherine New

The FCC has asked Columbia Institute for Tele-Information to conduct a review of telecom companies for its National Broadband Plan. Professor Eli Noam says CITI can help the agency create a program "grounded in facts."

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April 01, 2009

An Ad Man With the Heart of an Engineer

Catherine New

"Modeling and stats classes were key for me," says Stephano Kim '03. Read more about Kim's journey to become president of online advertising firm x+1.

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May 20, 2009

99 Ways to Be a Social Entrepreneur

Catherine New

Naif al Mutawa '03 was recently honored with the Social Entrepreneur Award in the Middle East from the Schwab Foundation. Public Offering spoke with him about how his comic book company is a social enterprise.

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  • Media and Technology
  • Social Enterprise
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October 31, 2008

Rethinking America’s innovative edge

In his new book The Venturesome Economy, Amar Bhidé argues that the willingness and ability of Americans to develop and use innovations derived from the scientific research of other nations is a crucial driver of U.S. prosperity.

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October 16, 2008

Cloudy Forecast For Google’s New Apps

David Rogers

We are in the midst of a huge shift towards “cloud computing” — where we store our files and software on the web rather than on our personal desktop machines.

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July 10, 2009

Are We Hardwired to Love Our iPhones?

Catherine New

New research from Professor Leonard Lee shows that decisions made with emotional processing tend to be more consistent. Certain attributes can elicit those kinds of gut decisions.

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January 07, 2008

Can Video Games Teach Algebra?

Jill Stoddard

On a giant video screen, robot avatars armed with space-age immobilizers competed in a 3D landscape. But in order to win, these players better know their algebra.

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May 23, 2008

In Hollywood, Persistence Pays Off

Sanjay Sanghoee '00

I’ve been working to have my novel turned into a movie for the past few years, and the process has revealed the truth behind both positive and negative film-industry stereotypes: it’s full of passive-aggressive people, but it does respect persistence.

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October 21, 2009

Social Enterprise Conference Focused on Ethics, Technology

Catherine New

Dr. Craig Barrett, retired Intel CEO and chairman, was awarded the 2009 Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics at this year's Social Enterprise Conference. Read about conference highlights.

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  • Social Enterprise
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May 28, 2009

The Price of Competition

Antitrust laws aim to protect consumers and spur innovation by fostering competition, but in some industries ingenuity thrives under monopolists.

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March 04, 2009

Crowdsourcing: The Next Labor Revolution?

Catherine New

Could the power of the crowd soon rival corporations for organizing labor? Author Jeff Howe, who is a speaker at today's BRITE conference, discusses the evolution of crowdsourcing.

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July 12, 2007

Does technological tying spark innovation?

Technological tying may allow a market leader to maintain an edge, but innovation is another question.

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June 15, 2005

Telecom strategy models

Based on her research for the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Kathryn Harrigan discusses strategy models for players in the rapidly evolving telecommunications industry.

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July 24, 2008

Bold Ideas and Unreasonable People

Yasmina McCarty '08

What exactly is a social enterprise? And how are we delivering on our bold idea for social change?

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July 07, 2008

Your iPhone Knows Where You Are — and That’s a Good Thing

Alison Albeck Lindland '08

Pinpointing your location on a Google map is only the beginning.

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March 12, 2009

Measuring Your Viral Marketing Success

Catherine New

A viral marketing campaign, like OfficeMax's Elf Yourself program, can do great things for brand recognition. But how well does that translate into direct sales? Adjunct professor Ava Seave blogs about how to set the right expectations for viral marketing.

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February 15, 2008

The Case Method Makes Room for Africa

Ryan Petersen ’08

Over the past decade, leading African business schools have adopted the traditional case method. But how much can they really learn from these cases when they are about American companies that routinely leave Africa out of their operating plans altogether?

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March 26, 2008

How Free Stuff Makes Money

Rita Gunther McGrath

A taxonomy of new web-based business models shows how healthy profits can be made even when aspects of an offering are available for free.

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June 05, 2008

In Bridging the Digital Divide, Watch Out for Pitfalls

Ray Fisman

The gap between rich and poor has widened in America over the past few decades. And we’re getting increasingly better evidence that technology is one of the main culprits.

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June 01, 2009

Has Competition Held Intel Back?

Catherine New

New research from Professor Brett Gordon shows that competition between Intel and AMD stifled, rather than fostered, Intel's innovation. How so?

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January 15, 2008

Blogging Means Business

Glenn Hubbard

It is hard to believe that just 10 years ago no one had yet used “google” as a verb, sent an email invitation to another person requesting declaration of their friendship to the world, or even remotely considered penning a Wikipedia entry.

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June 04, 2009

Narayana Murthy: Leaders Must Be the Change They Want

Hitendra Wadhwa

Infosys' Narayana Murthy spoke to the community last week. He defined success as being "the acceptance by the circle of your family, friends and your community that you are indeed valuable." What is your definition of success?

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November 06, 2009

Viral Marketing — Contender, or Just a Trend?

Word-of-mouth promotions can significantly outperform conventional campaigns, and online and offline interactions are both important for success.

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November 06, 2009

Live on the Web: 'Ideas Worth Spreading'

Catherine New

Professor William Duggan, author of "Strategic Intuition", and Naif Al-Mutawa '03 are speakers at the inaugural TEDxEast event today. Watch live streaming video from the event.

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  • Social Enterprise
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December 11, 2008

Financing the Future of Journalism

Bill Baker

We need intelligent economic models to excite investors and present operators before things get worse for the newspaper industry.

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April 25, 2006

Outsourcing and technological change

If your industry has a high rate of technological change, are you more likely to outsource?

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January 13, 2009

Net Neutrality and the Economy

Brian Belardi

For President-elect Obama's plan to expand the nation's broadband Internet to effectively stimulate the economy, it must address the issue of net neutrality, says Professor Eli Noam.

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May 07, 2009

Activating the Green Mind

Brian Belardi

If climate change is caused by human behavior, can decision science be used to stop it? Professor Elke Weber explains.

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April 16, 2008

Adaptive Organizations

Finding the optimal level of task specialization helps organizations adapt and gives workers needed flexibility.

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February 04, 2009

Have Economists Failed Us?

Ray Fisman

Why does the world out there have such a dismal view of the so-called dismal science? We, as economists, have been terrible ambassadors of the profession in two critical ways.

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August 15, 2008

Bizz Word Primer: Widgets Are Not Apps

David Rogers

Just what is the difference between a widget and an app?

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August 29, 2008

Driving the Message Home

Hootan Mahallati '07

I’ve always believed that there are millions of people out there just waiting to hear accessible language about cars, not technical jargon.

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January 24, 2008

Report From Sundance

Erik Diehn ’08

This year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, was so well attended that this normally quaint ski town was bursting at the seams: on Saturday night, at the height of the opening weekend’s hottest parties and screenings, the power went out on Main Street for about an hour.

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May 19, 2009

Management Advice for Newspapers

Catherine New

"You have to focus on your competitive advantage, which is local," says Jonathan Knee, director of the media program, about the future of the newspaper business.

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June 15, 2005

How competitive is the Internet?

The Internet's image is that of a decentralized industry with low barriers to entry. But a study of market concentration in the Internet sector and related industries yields some surprising results.

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October 06, 2009

How Not to Think Like a Media Mogul

In a new book coauthored with Jonathan Knee and Ava Seave, Bruce Greenwald explains why performance suffers at so many big media conglomerates, and which media firms will succeed in a changed media landscape.

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March 02, 2009

The Good, the Bad and the Consumer

Brian Belardi

When it comes to movies, can critics and the average moviegoer ever agree? Research by Professor Morris Holbrook suggests that in the absence of a major marketing blitz, they often do.

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April 20, 2009

Game Time for Green Panda

Catherine New

A new venture by Megan Bordi ’09 and her business partner won this year's A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition. Their business brings an educational aspect to the online game market for kids and tweens in China.

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  • World Business
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February 05, 2009

Could Restricted Shares Solve an Incentive Problem at Google HQ?

Catherine New

Professor Wei Jiang weighs in on Google's plan to allow its employees to exchange stock options. Does the plan create the right incentive for employees or is there a better solution?

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May 20, 2008

Airbrushing the Brand

David Rogers

Unilever’s Dove brand has garnered much goodwill for its 4-year “Campaign for Real Beauty.” But it turns out that the refreshingly atypical beauties from its print campaign may have been airbrushed.

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Finance and Economics Division

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B9377: Communications, Internet, & Media (Master Class)

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B9677: Retailing: The Design & Marketing of Luxury Products (Master Class)

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B8602: MGMT OF ADVTSG/MARKTG COMM.

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B8299: Strategic Managment of Media

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  • Leadership
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B8599: International Media Business

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B7721: Managing Innovation

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  • Leadership
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B8699: Media & Entertainment Marketing

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B7827: Information Technology Managment

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B7611: Advertising & Integrated Communication

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B8599: Developing Strategies for High Tech Firms

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B7614: Strategic Marketing in the Modern Corporation

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B8210: Principles of Media and Information Mgmt.

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B9701: Top Management Challenges

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B9601: High-Tech Marketing & Entrepreneurship

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B8704: Technology Strategy

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B7633: High-Technology Marketing

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B8599: International Media Business

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B6833: Information Technology Strategy and E-Commerce

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Customer Experience Management

During difficult economic times, companies must differentiate themselves in new ways to build a solid and loyal customer base. Unique to Columbia...

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June 17, 2009

David del Ser ’08 Named 2009 Echoing Green Fellow

Del Ser hatched the idea for Frogtek while he was a student at Columbia Business School, in partnership with Mark Pedersen ’07. Read more...

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November 16, 2007

Time Warner Chief Executive Gives Candid Advice on Leadership

As part of the Silfen Leadership Series, Richard Parsons spoke on risk taking, accountability and highly publicized CEO resignations. Read more...

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November 16, 2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies?

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Kathryn Harrigan
Kathryn Harrigan

krh1@columbia.edu
212-854-3494

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Bernd Schmitt
Bernd Schmitt

bhs1@columbia.edu
212-854-3468

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Jonathan Knee
Jonathan Knee

jk2110@columbia.edu
212-854-5246

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David Poltrack
David Poltrack

dfpoltrack@cbs.com
212-854-7903

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Rajeev Kohli
Rajeev Kohli

rk35@columbia.edu
212-854-4361

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Brendan Burns
Brendan Burns

bburns@vigilar.com
212-854-7903

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Raul Katz
Raul Katz

rk2377@columbia.edu
845-868-1653

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  • World Business
Joseph Plummer
Joseph Plummer

Joeplumm@gmail.com
212-854-7903

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Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson

ejj3@columbia.edu
212-854-5068

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School News

October 26, 2009

This Dying Medium Has Plenty of Life

In Jonathan Knee's article for Barrons, he points out that despite popular belief, newspapers are still more profitable than other types of consumer media. Although profit margins have fallen from levels exceeding 30% to the mid-teens today, this still exceeds margins for movies, music, and books which have often struggled to reach 10%. Read more...

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October 23, 2009

CITI's Annual State of Telecom Conference

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October 15, 2009

Introducing the New Book by Eli Noam: Media Ownership and Concentration in America

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October 02, 2009

Digital TV Transitions: DTV Switchover, Mobile TV, IPTV

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September 25, 2009

Guitar Hero CEO Joins Executive in Residence Program

Dan Rosensweig, the president and CEO of Guitar Hero, a division of Activision, has been appointed Columbia Business School's newest executive in residence. Read more...

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July 17, 2009

Eli Noam: Coming soon: mobile, immersive, interactive entertainment - The Financial Times Online

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June 17, 2009

David del Ser ’08 Named 2009 Echoing Green Fellow

Del Ser hatched the idea for Frogtek while he was a student at Columbia Business School, in partnership with Mark Pedersen ’07. Read more...

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  • Media and Technology
  • Social Enterprise
June 16, 2009

Raul Katz Releases a New Study Evaluating the Economic Impact of Germany's National Broadband Strategy

This study quantifies the macroeconomic impact of investment in broadband technology on employment and output of Germany�??�?�¢??s economy. Building on the �??�?�¢??National Broadband Strategy�??�?�¢?�??�?� announced by the German government, two sequential investment scenarios (2014 and 2020) are defined. The economic impact of broadband development over a ten year period in Germany amounts to 968,000 additional jobs and EUR 170.9 billion in incremental output. Read more...

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May 15, 2009

Eli Noam: Separating telecoms? - The Financial Times Online

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April 29, 2009

Robert Atkinson explaining the Challenges and Opportunities of the Broadband Stimulus

This presentation was made to the West Virginia High Technology Consortium. It looks at some of the practical issues raised by the implementation of the Obama Administration's Broadband Stimulus plan. Read more...

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April 23, 2009

CDS Director Elke Weber Featured in New York Times Magazine

In a New York Times Magazine article on April 16, Professor Elke Weber, codirector of the Center for Decision Sciences, suggests that solving climate change requires more than developing the right technology. Read more...

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April 17, 2009

User Generated Content 3.0: From Threat To Opportunity

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March 31, 2009

Eli Noam: The Washington broadbandwagon - The Financial Times Online

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March 31, 2009

Raul Katz on the Rural Broadband Stimulus - Fortune.com

CITI Director Raul Katz, quoted in Fortune.com Read more...

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March 27, 2009

Presentations from "NETWORK SEPARATION: Models, Economics and Regulatory Implications" Now Online!

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March 24, 2009

Presentations from "The New Economics of ICT: Implications of Post-neoclassical Economics for the Information & Communications Technology Sectors" Now Online!

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March 13, 2009

Why Bad Times Nurture New Inventions

In separate posts to the New York Times Room for Debate blog, Profs. Amar Bhidé and Rita McGrath each offer a perspective on how tough economic times can give rise to entrepreneurial success. Read more...

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March 13, 2009

Still living in Web 1.0? Find out with our 10 question quiz and join our conference "User Generated Content 3.0" on April 17, 2009!

Still living in Web 1.0? Find out with our 10 question quiz and join our conference "User Generated Content 3.0" on April 17, 2009! Read more...

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March 11, 2009

Consumers Can Still Spot Value in a Crisis

In an op-ed Prof. Amar Bhidé says America’s “venturesome consumers” will continue to add value to the economy even during the current crisis. Read more...

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March 10, 2009

BRITE ’09 Conference Showcases Innovation in Branding

The two-day event brought together leaders in business, technology, media and marketing to discuss how technology and innovation are transforming the ways that companies build and sustain brands. Read more...

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  • Leadership
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March 09, 2009

Video and Presentations from "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus" Now Online!

On February 19, 2009, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy hosted "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Read more...

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March 06, 2009

Saving The New York Times with Twitter?

A speaker at the BRITE 09' conference, put on by the Center on Global Brand Leadership at Columbia Business School, presented a method for generating innovative ideas. Read more...

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February 24, 2009

Conference Presentations and Press Coverage of "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance"

On February 19, 2009, The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information and The Georgetown Center for Business & Public Policy hosted "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus: Maximizing Benefits and Monitoring Performance" at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Presentations have now been posted online, and press coverage is listed here. Read more...

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February 20, 2009

Rural Broadband: No Job Creation Machine

Prof. Raul Katz considered the effect that wiring rural areas for broadband Internet service will have on job creation, at a seminar in Washington co-sponsored by Columbia Business School. Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
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February 18, 2009

Raul Katz Releases New Working Paper on Broadband Stimulus Package

In conjunction with CITI's conference, "Implementing the Broadband Stimulus," Dr. Raul Katz has released a new working paper on the broadband stimulus package, recently signed into law by President Obama. Read more...

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February 13, 2009

Circuit City name may live on with Web site

Prof. Mark Cohen expresses skepticism that attempts to convert brick-and-mortar retailers to online businesses will succeed. Read more...

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February 10, 2009

Sharing The Pain

An article profiles RareShare.org, a social networking site co-founded by David Isserman '10 to connect people affected by rare diseases. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Healthcare
  • Media and Technology
  • Social Enterprise
February 03, 2009

Eli Noam: John McCain: High Tech Leader? - The Financial Times Online

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January 16, 2009

Eli Noam: The Other Transition: Analog switch-off - The Financial Times Online

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December 16, 2008

Presentations from "The Economics of the Digital TV Transition" now online!

Speaker presentations have been posted from CITI's conference on December 12, 2008, "The Economics of the Digital Television Transition." Read more...

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December 04, 2008

Pick of the pile

The Economist names Prof. Amar Bhide’s new book, The Venturesome Economy, among the best books of 2008. Read more...

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  • World Business
December 02, 2008

Photos Posted from CITI 25th Anniversary Summit on Media & Communication!

Photos Posted from CITI 25th Anniversary Summit on Media & Communication! Read more...

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November 29, 2008

Do We Overrate Basic Research?

The Venturesome Economy, a new book by Prof. Amar Bhidé, prompts an examination of the nature of America's competitive advantage. Read more...

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  • World Business
November 12, 2008

Eli Noam: A Grand Communication Bargain - The Financial Times Online

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November 06, 2008

Presentations from CITI 25th Anniversary International Summit on Media & Communication now online!

Speaker presentations have been posted from CITI's 25th Anniversary International Summit on Media & Communication, with video of the event to follow in the coming weeks. Please visit the event page to access this material: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/citi/events/summit2008 Read more...

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October 17, 2008

TV metaphors and the markets

Prof. Michael Morris discusses his research findings on how the language used to describe market movement influences investors. Read more...

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  • Capital Markets and Investments
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October 15, 2008

Professor Noel Capon adopts "pay what you wish" model for online textbook

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October 10, 2008

CITI Announces CITI's 25th Anniversary International Summit on Media & Communication (2 Day Event)

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary, CITI will be hosting two special media and communication events over the course of two days. Reservation can be made for either or both events, however, admission for The Next Generation of Communications conference will be complimentary for registrants of The CITI 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The CITI 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Thursday, October 30th, 2008, 6 P.M. Low Library, Columbia University And Conference: The Next Generation of Communications - The Dawning of the Ultra-Broadband Era Friday, October 31st, 2008, 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. Read more...

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September 23, 2008

CITI and ACORN/REDECOM Announce Call For Papers: "ICTs and its Social and Economic Impacts in the Americas" - Mexico City, May 21-22, 2009

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August 20, 2008

CITI Announces the Publication of "Peer-to-Peer Video: The Economics, Policy, and Culture of Today's New Mass Medium"

CITI Announces the publication of "Peer-to-Peer Video: The Economics, Policy, and Culture of Today's New Mass Medium," edited by Eli Noam & Lorenzo Pupillo Read more...

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July 25, 2008

Executives in Residence Program Welcomes Zannino

Richard Zannino, former CEO of Dow Jones & Company, is Columbia Business School’s newest executive in residence. Read more...

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July 23, 2008

Conference Presentations and Video Now Online from "The Focus on Locus" (7/11/08)

Video and Presentations Now Online from "The Focus on Locus" (7/11/08) Read more...

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July 09, 2008

Eli Noam: High-speed politics - The Financial Times Online

With the US electoral campaign heating up, one of the main high-tech issues will be the state of high-speed internet in America. A campaign discussion on this subject could be much deeper and more meaningful. It should be about Americaâ??s future information economy, about the interplay of private and public initiatives, about a diverse media landscape and about its role as an exporter of information and media products. Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
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May 13, 2008

Eli Noam: TV or Not TV? - Financial Times Online

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May 01, 2008

Conference Registration for The Focus on Locus (7/11/08) Now Open!

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April 24, 2008

Presentations Online from Paris Ultrabroadband Conference (4/3 - 4/4/08)

Presentations Online from Paris Ultrabroadband Conference (4/3 - 4/4/08) Read more...

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April 16, 2008

Conference Presentations from "Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom" (4/14/08) are now online!

Presentations from CITI's conference "Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom" are now online. Read more...

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April 11, 2008

Making Recycling Really Pay

RecycleBank, co-founded by Ron Gonen ’04, is greening neighborhoods by creating an economic incentive for recycling. “Recycling is something you can do today that has a significant environmental impact on the way you live,” says Gonen. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
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  • Social Enterprise
March 26, 2008

Volunteering Abroad to Climb at I.B.M.

Professor Paul Ingram says an effective manager knows how to step outside of his or her comfort zone: “The fact that you are an excellent programmer or salesman...doesn't mean you can be a great leader outside of your technical or cultural expertise.” Read more...

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March 14, 2008

CITI and WiMAXDay.com Announce 2 Day WiMAX Investor Summit at Columbia University - May 12 & 13

CITI and WiMAXDay.com Announce 2 Day WiMAX Investor Summit - May 12 & 13 Read more...

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March 13, 2008

Network of Research Centers on ICT in Latin America to be launched at Columbia University on April 14, 2008

On April 14th 2008, the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information will hold the inaugural meeting of the Network of Research Centers on ICT in Latin America. This cross-disciplinary academic network seeks to advance knowledge on the social and economic impact of ICTs in Central and Latin America, and examine the policy and regulatory issues that affect its broad-based development. Read more...

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March 11, 2008

Conference Registration for Future Scenarios for Latin American Communications (4/14/08) Now Open!

Conference Registration for Future Scenarios for Latin American Telecom Now Open! Read more...

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March 05, 2008

CITI Announces Ultrabroadband Conference in Paris, France - April 3-4, 2008

This conference will bring together policy makers, industry experts, and academics from the United States, Korea and Europe to examine the perspective of "Ultrabroadband" (i.e. transmission rates above 1Gbps on the residential market). It is a joint event of the Chair on Innovation and Regulation in the Digital Economy (Ecole Polytechnique - Telecom ParisTech - OrangeLabs) and is jointly organized with the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), and Korea Telecom. Read more...

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February 29, 2008

Hoping to Make Phone Buyers Flip

In this article about mobile phone design, Professor Rita Gunther McGrath comments: "There is an awful lot of pressure to keep the wheels turning instead of putting money into new innovation and development." Read more...

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February 11, 2008

Eli Noam: Make the User the Gatekeeper - Financial Times Online

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February 10, 2008

CITI Announces International Research Project: Contribution of ICT to Economic Development and Social Cohesion in Latin America

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January 07, 2008

CITI Announces Symposium on Location Based Services - April 11, 2008

CITI Announces Symposium on Location Based Services - April 11, 2008 Read more...

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November 16, 2007

Time Warner Chief Executive Gives Candid Advice on Leadership

As part of the Silfen Leadership Series, Richard Parsons spoke on risk taking, accountability and highly publicized CEO resignations. Read more...

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October 27, 2007

Robert C. Atkinson - Network Neutrality: History Will Repeat Itself?

Network neutrality concerns about abusive discrimination by telecom network operators with market power is nothing new. There is long history in the United States of actual discrimination by network operators and consequential government actions to eliminate or at least mitigate the adverse consequences of market power, including unreasonable discrimination... Read more...

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October 22, 2007

State of Telecom Presentations Are Now Available

Presentations from The State of Telecom - 2007 are now available online. Read more...

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October 12, 2007

CITI Commemorative Journal 2007 Available

To record the success of our intern program,and the projects/activities of a full working summer, CITI has produced a commemorative "journal." Read more...

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October 04, 2007

School and CU Press Launch Publishing Imprint

Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement, by Professor William Duggan, will be the first book published under the Columbia Business School Publishing imprint. Read more...

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October 02, 2007

Eli Noam: Economics 2.0? A Business Primer on Virtual Worlds - The Financial Times Online

Published in The Financial Times Online. Read more...

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August 21, 2007

Raul Katz: Are Internet Companies Overvalued (Again)?

Are Internet Companies Overvalued (Again)? What we can learn from eBay?s acquisition of Skype. by Raul L. Katz and Paul Zangrilli Read more...

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August 16, 2007

Smart Radio Coverage Posted

Video of Smart Radio, Smart Markets, and Policies now hosted online! To view the video, please visit the Smart Radio event page. Read more...

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July 30, 2007

Eli Noam: Free the Edge - The Financial Times Online

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June 14, 2007

Eli Noam: A Paradoxical Free Trade Agreement - The Financial Times Online

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March 27, 2007

A Moment on Earth

A student's venture captures one moment on earth Read more...

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March 20, 2007

Matthew Bishop of 'The Economist', speaks on Business and Philanthropy

By Michelle Savage '07. Read more...

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June 28, 2006

CEBiz Online Research

CEBiz has launched an online virtual laboratory to research decision making, focusing on customers, managers and others. Read more...

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May 15, 2006

Best Paper Award

Professors Sunil Gupta and Donald Lehmann's E-Customer Value Project has been published in the article "Customers as Assets," which was awarded the Best Paper award in the Journal of Interactive Marketing. Read more...

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May 12, 2006

Building a Wealth of Communities: Wikispaces a Year Later

Building a Wealth of Communities: Wikispaces a Year Later Read more...

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May 12, 2006

Tango Tops 200,000 in Circulation

Tango Tops 200,000 in Circulation Read more...

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April 21, 2006

NPR Interview

NPR Interview Read more...

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January 02, 2006

Adam Frey

Wikispaces in the news Read more...

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June 05, 2005

Student Paper Featured in Top Mexican Newspaper

Student Paper Featured in Top Mexican Newspaper Read more...

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May 03, 2005

Annual Dinner Honors NBC Universal's CEO Bob Wright and Senator Frank Lautenberg '49

Dean Glenn Hubbard and Annual Dinner Chair Lulu Wang ’83, CEO of Tupelo Capital, welcomed 1,000 guests to the School’s 29th Annual Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria last night. Read more...

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Events

March 12, 2010

International Media Project Conference, Day 2

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March 11, 2010

International Media Project Conference, Day 1

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January 04 - 07, 2010
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

LA Media Trip 2010

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December 10, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dany Levy, Founder of Daily Candy

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December 07, 2009
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Media Program Mentoring Breakfast with Sean Sullivan '98, CFO HIT Entertainment

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November 23, 2009
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Bain Media Discussion

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November 20, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

SBA Visit to Major League Baseball, Office of the Commissioner

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November 19, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

MMA Executive Board Meeting

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November 17, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The Curse of the Mogul - A Book Talk with Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald, and Ava Seave

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November 16, 2009
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

TBG Silicon Valley Trip info session

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November 16, 2009
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies?

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November 16, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

TBG Silicon Valley Trip intro session

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November 12, 2009
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Videoconferencing with General Manager of Oi Paggo

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