As an abashed former News Corp employee (thankfully at HarperCollins, one of the Murdoch portfolio’s least-offensive holdings), HBO’s "Succession" is my straight shot of Sunday-night dopamine. The show’s great even if you aren’t attuned to the devastating, thinly veiled media and publishing world portrayals—but it’s a lot more fun for those of us who are. And watching through the eyes of a current ad guy, there are still a lot of professional lessons to take away from the savage, but often insightful, Roy family and their various hangers-on. In anticipation of the season coming to a close this Sunday, when we bid adieu to our favorite deliciously dysfunctional and unscrupulous family of one-percenters until next year, I bring you my favorite ad-world lessons learned and reaffirmed in the first two seasons of HBO’s latest tentpole show. What's the protein? Roy family patriarch Logan’s go-to phrase, “What’s the protein?” is quickly becoming my internal mantra in all sorts of daily situations. Logan’s a busy guy who shoots from the hip, so he needs a quick phrase that helps get to the meat of the matter at hand—or points out the lack of substance in a given proposition (like his daughter Shiv’s much-mocked family memo). “What’s the protein?” is great shorthand for stripping the BS out of the equation and weighing whether there’s real substance at the core of an idea or it’s just carbohydrate filler. I’ve toyed with “What’s the protein?” becoming my new go-to filter in... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-11 11:22:17 UTC ]
No breach, self-regulatory Australian Press Council rules; plus BBC embarks on big bureau expansionSign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletterWhen is an undisclosed advertorial, paid for by the fossil fuel industry and splashed across the front pages of all the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-04-17 04:03:09 UTC ]
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Columnist for the Australian delivers monologue on Labor’s power bill promise, while his colleagues at the paper decide the Liberal leader won the debate after allWant to get this in your inbox every Friday? Sign up for the Weekly Beast media newsletter hereChris Uhlmann, who is not exactly a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Fox Corp. plans to vacate a quarter of its space at 1211 Sixth Ave., a move that would come only three years after Rupert Murdoch’s media empire agreed to stay in the Midtown tower until 2042.Fox intends in November to leave 330,000 of its 1.25 million square feet in the building, credit-rating... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelvesA conservative Catholic billionaire and media owner is facing an independent bookshop rebellion in France over his influence in the publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-03-22 06:00:42 UTC ]
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Two Dollar Radio has been quietly rocking the publishing world since its inception in 2005. The Ohio-based indie publisher and “family outfit” turns twenty this year, and we at Lit Hub want to extend a hearty happy birthday. In a literary landscape that’s often knocked for a fear of risk-taking,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Daily Telegraph editor keeps quiet to newsroom about damaging affair as one staff member resigns. Plus: is the writing on the wall for Binge? The Daily Telegraph editor, Ben English, has never addressed the newsroom about an alleged attempt by News Corp staff to provoke workers at a Middle... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-02-28 04:18:33 UTC ]
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Comments at Senate estimates came after Daily Telegraph editor said it ‘never intended to provoke an incident’ but approach could have been ‘better-handled’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s domestic spy... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-02-26 01:19:04 UTC ]
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This week on The Lit Hub Podcast: How the publishing world can respond to Trump, and “What energizes you?” | Lit Hub Radio “When in doubt, leave the reaction out.” Eric Puchner on how to be funny when writing a novel. | Lit Hub Craft Ted Hamm on how Jimmy Breslin and Langston Hughes each […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2025-02-21 11:30:16 UTC ]
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Sharri Markson defends News Corp after attorney general says antisemitism ‘must not be weaponised’. Plus: a sprinkling of Australian culture for the NYTFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“God bless Sky News,” the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-02-21 00:57:55 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch’s second son reveals bitter details that set the scene for court battle for News Corp empireMore of the Murdoch family’s betrayals, leaks, “mind games”, manipulations, machinations and humiliations have been laid bare, in the wake of a messy court trial that offered tantalising... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2025-02-17 05:47:30 UTC ]
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In strongly worded statement, Kim Williams says allegations in Murdoch-owned tabloids ‘do not stand up to scrutiny’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA claim in News Corp publications across the country that the public broadcaster costs taxpayers more than a Netflix... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Exclusive: Former prime minister Tony Abbott to address Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in LondonGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie and Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming, and key figures from News Corp, are set to... Continue reading at The Guardian
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PW looks back at some of the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year, and what they portend for 2025. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Nevada court defeat means Lachlan Murdoch’s siblings could have a much greater say in the company’s future - with significant ramifications As the Black Summer bushfires ravaged Australia, coverage of the disaster in the News Corp publications sparked a rare public airing of the divisions... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-12-13 14:00:50 UTC ]
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Gas-industry sponsored series of stories presented as news on front page of News Corp newspapersHow can News Corp call its gas splash an ‘exclusive’ and a ‘special report’ when it’s paid for by industry? | CommentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Readers are led to believe a short-on-facts advertorial exhorting government to let companies extract more gas is straight news coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe big news on Monday morning was that the story splashed across the front of News Corp’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Artificial intelligence is pushing the publishing world toward volume. That could drown out the good work. AI has the power to pump out words in record speed. And already, that’s substantially inflating the book publishing market. Continue reading at Fast Company
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