Media, entertainment, and professional sports

Soft-spoken as a child, Chung found her voice as a journalist and in 1993 was named coanchor of the CBS Evening News. In this interview she talks about...

Competing in overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market space.

The two-time Oscar winner and former fitness guru on what led her from acting to activism

Information industries are sexy, but they make lousy exporters.

The Oscar-nominated actress and outspoken human-rights advocate talks about acting as therapy, inspiration from her older sister, and more.

People will work as hard as they must to gain rewards or avoid punishment — no matter where they’re from.

Wynton Marsalis grew up in a family of New Orleans jazz musicians and received his first trumpet as a sixth birthday present from bandleader Al Hirt. At 14 he debuted with the Louisiana Philharmonic; at 17 he moved to New York, where he attended Juilliard, joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, assembled his own band, and […]

As media attention to the many fervent protests prompted by the Beijing Olympics continues to grow, senior executives at many of the world's leading corporations...

Become a smarter consumer.

High-stakes projects need all-star teams. But all-stars often play by their own rules—and fight like cats and dogs.

The availability of abundant digital bandwidth will reshape the media and communications industries. Content creation will break apart from content delivery, opening up attractive opportunities for start-ups and posing tough challenges for traditional media giants.

Photography: Eric Kayne Bela Karolyi has used tough talk and bear hugs to coach nine gymnasts to Olympic gold medals. After victories with the Romanian team in the 1976 and 1980 games, he defected to the United States. But because he spoke no English and had limited funds, he had to clean restaurants before working […]

A conversation with the former top editor of the Boston Globe and the Washington Post

The world is coming apart in many interesting ways. I recently bought an iPad. After using it for a few days I bought a wireless keyboard. A week later I bought a case that puts the iPad in one half and the keyboard in the other. Presto! A disaggregated laptop that is lighter and more […]

From Kaepernick’s kneel to the NBA Bubble

When the The New York Times announced its digital subscription plan, which begins today, it was met with a fair bit of skepticism and confusion. If it...

Should companies control all the ways people experience art?

No one expected the Weather Channel to take the cable industry by storm. But the company’s cofounder proved that not every new venture succeeds in the same way.

The deal turned Fox into a powerhouse.

Charles Dickens was killing it in 1842. The 29-year-old father of four (he would eventually be blessed with six more children) and already-famous author...