Publicis Groupe is one of the biggest communications groups in the world, coming in third in Europe and fourth in the U.S. In 2017, the group earned more than $10.9 billion from its different subsidiaries, which include Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Digitas, and Performics. The company began in 1926 when founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet decided Full article…
Thomas “Tom” Glocer (born October 8, 1959) is an American business executive who has held positions in various companies including Merck, Morgan Stanley, and Afiniti. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at Columbia University and his Juris Doctor degree at Yale Law School. After which, he started working as a merger and acquisitions Full article…
NewsGuard is a non-partisan news-rating system launched by longtime journalists and media entrepreneurs Steven Brill and Louis Gordon Crovitz. The $6 million project was created to address the “fake news crisis” by hiring 40-60 trained journalists to review various news sites that are most accessed and shared in the United States. Following a questionable arbitration Full article…
Contents [Hide]Knight Foundation shelling out thousands of dollars to a disgraced “journalist”The backlash The Knight Foundation is a non-profit organization whose aim is “to promote excellence in journalism.” It was formed by the Knight brothers, John S. and James L. Knight (Jack and Jim) in Florida in 1950. Before the foundation was formed, the Knight brothers Full article…
The Blue Haven Initiative is an investment firm founded in July 2, 2012 by Liesel Pritzker Simmons and her husband Ian Simmons. This family office aims to make investments that don’t just generate financial return but also have social and environmental impact. The company boasts a diverse portfolio of investments in various asset classes, from Full article…
Louis Gordon Crovitz is an American journalist and media executive, who is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the news rating agency NewsGuard. He graduated from the University of Chicago, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics, Economics, Law and Rhetoric. Since then, he has also acquired law degrees from Wadham College, Yale Law School, Full article…
The American Enterprise Institute was established in 1943, right in the middle of World War II, as a response to proposals by the congress to make wartime price and production controls permanent. It describes itself as an institution “dedicated to defending human dignity, expanding human potential, and building a freer and safer world.” However, many Full article…
Contents [Hide]“I like to write about stuff I know nothing about”Becoming a “journalism icon”Connecting people with “trustworthy news” NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill is an American journalist and author, best known for being the Founder of Court TV and the Yale Journalism Initiative. The self-proclaimed expert of “good media business and journalism practices” is lauded by Full article…