Make The Most of Disruption’s Hidden Opportunities

Scott Pelley was fired from two of the most prestigious positions in American broadcast journalism — by two different CBS managements — nearly a decade apart. That is the story. Instead, media coverage surrounding Pelley’s latest firing focused on ownership, politics, newsroom independence, corporate pressure and the future of journalism. Executives were analyzed. Motives assigned. Commentary and explanations offered. Yet the most […]

The Revolution was America’s first information war. Today, a single social media post can move billions of dollars, influence elections and reshape public opinion within minutes. Long before America became a military or economic power, America became a messaging power.The American Revolution spread through language—pamphlets circulating in Boston taverns, speeches electrifying town squares and newspapers […]

By Richard Torrenzano On a moonlit night in April 1775, Paul Revere rode through Massachusetts with a warning — “The British are coming” — as English troops advanced toward Lexington and Concord. The episode became one of the defining stories of America’s founding. Yet Revere’s ride succeeded for a reason deeper than the courage of a single messenger. The […]