That "Mad Men" is the best thing on TV right now might be self-evident to the millions of crazed fans who will don fedoras and sweater sets and swig Scotch and gin at their viewing parties Sunday night, but it was anything but obvious to the numerous TV executives who passed on the project in the years before it found a home at AMC. Creator Matthew Weiner's vision might have lingered in limbo forever had it not been for Christina Wayne, AMC's former head of original programming, who saw the potential in it that the others had missed. I chatted with Wayne, now president of Cineflix Studios, about the "Mad Men" phenomenon and her new passion project.

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 16:45

You may think free speech means you can say anything you want. How about proselytizing to your flock about not paying taxes? It turns out that kind of speech is frowned on. In United States v. Hartshorn, the IRS actually got an injunction to silence Head Minister Kevin Hartshorn. Wasn?t Hartshorn harmless???Maybe, but as the ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 15:55

Forbes Travel Guide highlights the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu on Hawaii's Big Island???with championship golf, a snorkeling pond and a Four-Star spa.

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 15:55

Return on equity is a time-honored metric designed to measure a company's ability to turn assets into profits. According to theory, a company with the highest ROE among its peers is most likely to bring the best returns to shareholders. But investors these days should be very skeptical of taking ROE at face value. Consider ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Coventry Health (CVH) was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) to buy from neutral with a price target of $42, as the firm believes that it is gaining market share in the public sector managed care business. Shares are about even in afternoon trading. Discover Financial Services (DFS) was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs (GS) ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25

Things were very different -- yet some things weren't that different at all.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:10

The U.S. national team currently ranks fourth in the world? in terms of the salary it pays head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. As long as I follow this game, two archetypal news stories will return with each new season to remind us of the anxiety that gnaws at the soul of American soccer: in one group, ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:55

Rovio Entertainment continues to push the envelope of mainstream gaming and game merchandising with its ubiquitous Angry Birds franchise. The entertainment company - it's no longer just a game publisher - used SXSW in to debut its new Angry Birds Space game, which adds zero-gravity and other cool new gameplay features to the already addictive ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 05:01

Guest post by Mike Pugh Mike Pugh is VP of Marketing at J2 Global. Ah, the power of technology. Since the Industrial Revolution, new business tools have promised to transform the way we do business. The postal system allowed companies to communicate across continents. The telephone enabled long-distance communication in real time. The desktop computer ...

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 04:24

Six ways fans saved "Community" - and how you can use the same methods to achieve your own goals.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 04:24