Brian McGrory, 51, was named editor of The Boston Globe just four months before the Boston Marathon bombings captured the world’s attention. Ten days into that coverage, McGrory spoke with David L. Marcus, NF ’96, the Globe’s former diplomatic correspondent, … Read more
Rock criticism was not a profession, much less an art, when Robert Christgau returned to New York after graduating from Dartmouth College in 1962, at the age of 20. The son of a Queens fireman would go on to … Read more
Brett Anderson: We’re here with Robert Christgau, the dean of American rock critics. Robert Christgau: Got it right. Brett: …who has been writing about popular music professionally for closing in on 50 years. Is that accurate? Robert: No, … Read more
Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation provides a framework to understand how businesses grow, become successful, and falter as nimble start-ups muscle in on their customers. It’s a familiar story, one that has played out in the steel and auto industries, among others. Now Christensen, in collaboration with 2012 Nieman Fellow David Skok, has applied his analysis to the news industry. Their goal in this issue's cover story, “Breaking News,” is to encourage news executives to apply the lessons of disruption to the media industry as a means of charting new paths to survival and success. Read more
La teoría de la disrupción del profesor Clayton M. Christensen, de la Escuela de Negocios de Harvard, provee un marco para entender cómo los negocios crecen, alcanzan el éxito, y luego se ven amenazados por start-ups más ligeras y pequeñas … Read more
“Breaking News” by Clayton M. Christensen, David Skok, and James Allworth, which applies the lessons of disruptive innovation to the media industry, is available in EPUB and MOBI formats for easier reading on Kindle, iBooks and other e-readers. You can … Read more
