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Horizon's Bob Lord Offers a Gentle Critique of How Everyone Else Gets Paid
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Horizon's Bob Lord Offers a Gentle Critique of How Everyone Else Gets Paid

There is an old line, variously attributed, about the difficulty of getting a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

There is an old line, variously attributed, about the difficulty of getting a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

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Amazon Gives Advertisers a New Way to Whisper in Alexa's Ear
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Amazon Gives Advertisers a New Way to Whisper in Alexa's Ear

For years, the advertising industry has been trying to figure out what to do with voice assistants, those disembodied helpers that were supposed to revolutionize commerce but have spent most of their existence setting kitchen timers and playing the wrong song.

The Perils of Alphabetical Proximity in the Age of Outrage
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The Perils of Alphabetical Proximity in the Age of Outrage

There is a particular kind of modern indignity that involves being blamed for something you had nothing to do with, by people who did not bother to check whether you had anything to do with it.

CMO Tenure Continues Its Long Decline
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CMO Tenure Continues Its Long Decline

The corner office with the marketing title on the door has always had a revolving quality to it, but the spin rate appears to be accelerating.

The Naming of the Shrew
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The Naming of the Shrew

When the Marx Brothers formed a production company in 1933, they called it International Amalgamated Consolidated Affiliated World Wide Film Productions Company Incorporated, of North Dakota.