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Turn the page

October 2, 2017

By: Gordon Robertson

As I’m sure you’ve heard, America lost a publishing titan this weekend. No, not Hugh Hefner. I’m talking about S.I. Newhouse Jr., who died Sunday at the age of 89. Unlike Hefner, Newhouse left behind more than a mansion pool/petrie dish and a few barrels of unused Viagra. Newhouse gave life to dozens of magazines […]

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Observing the Digital Sabbath

May 19, 2017

By: Gordon Robertson

The National Day of Unplugging (March 3-4) came and went without much notice. Ironically, it must not have been trending on Twitter. What does appear to be a micro-thing is millennials voluntarily giving up their devices for short periods of time at parties and concerts in order to immerse themselves in the experience of “being present.” […]

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The NYT can’t seem to get enough of Pittsburgh

April 12, 2017

By: Gordon Robertson

Perhaps the NY Times editors aren’t avid readers of newspapers such as, say, The NY Times. If they had been, they may have noticed the Gray Lady has basically run this same story on Pittsburgh every few months since about 2013. Sometimes it’s in Style, other times in Travel or the Business section. No complaints […]

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Now that’s a lot of dough

April 7, 2017

By: Gordon Robertson

Panera cashed in this week to the tune of $7.5 billion, and good for them. I started going to Panera (then the single-location St. Louis Bread Co.) back in high school when the phrase “Fast Serve Healthy Casual” were just four randomly strung together words. More than 1000 transactions later, I can’t remember more than […]

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VW goes all Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

March 29, 2017

By: Gordon Robertson

Sex sells cars. Who knew? In its new commercial, Volkswagen goes all hot and steamy in order to up-sell drivers into larger, more family-friendly VWs. While Dean Martin croons his cover of “The Birds & The Bees,” we see a young couple demonstrate how the Love Bug earned its nickname. Nature takes its course, and they […]

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