by JAK | Aug 1, 2007 | big ideas, general business
At last there seems to be a winner in the race for the Wall St Journal. The Bancroft family went for a deal that valued the group at ($5b) double the previous cap before the bid. It has been a long and convoluted story* but should get even more interesting now and is...
by JAK | Jul 17, 2007 | big ideas
For all the reporting on the planned $5b buy of Dow Jones there doesn’t seem to be much insight into how Murdoch can make the numbers work. In a post last week we decided that it was likely that adding TV and some of the group synergies with online properties...
by JAK | Jul 9, 2007 | big ideas
The ongoing negotiations surrounding the sale of Dow Jones to Rupert Murdoch offers a fascinating glimpse on the future of the media business. On one side Rupert is offering $60 per share which values the group at $5b when the 52 week low has been $32.16 which...
by JAK | Jul 3, 2007 | big ideas, idealog, TED
At the recent New Yorker conference, called “2012: Stories from the near Future” was a piece by Malcolm Gladwell on two ideas of Genius. The video link is here – but check the size – it is 27 minutes long (and my HD version is 350mb! – HD...
by JAK | Jul 1, 2007 | big data, big ideas, idealog, TED
A key challenge for policy makers is how to tell a compelling story with numbers. It is not easy to visualise the impact of change in a meaningful way—but help is now at hand. Ironically it doesn’t come from the business intelligence (oxymoron alert)...
by JAK | Jun 16, 2007 | big ideas, culture, TED
We have been watching a DVD on the life of Leonardo da Vinci which featured animations of some of the machines that he designed about 500 years ago. A remarkable life for a remarkable man – full of amazing insights. My 5 yr old daughter recognised some of the...
