News that Neil Young is on Twitter led thousands of exultant fans to follow him. It’s too bad, then, that Young appears to have nothing to do with the account. The fake hype reflects badly on both the company and the musician. Read more »
Book publishing industry newsletter and website Publishers Lunch is previewing hot fall titles — by authors like Junot Diaz, Dennis Lehane and Barbara Kingsolver — in a free e-book, “BEA Buzz Books,” ahead of major publishing fair BookExpo America in June in New York. Read more at paidContent »
Here we go — of all the stories I read this week, here are the ones that I think are worth reading. Much of it is about the tech industry, mostly because I ended up being too work-focused as I recovered from my New York trip. Read more »
Neil Young put a lot of the media industry’s hysteria about file-sharing into perspective when he said in a recent interview that “piracy is the new radio — that’s how music gets around.” In fact, a certain amount of “piracy” can be good for business. Read more »
It’s tough for developers to standout in the apps market. What’s even tougher? Trying to build a scalable business based on the apps. Neil Young, co-founder and CEO of ngmoco, a mobile gaming company, knows it all too well, and shares his insights in an interview. Read more »
As the fable goes, when faced with the prospect of being buried alive, donkey finds a way to inch its way out of the well. That is a good lesson for companies big and small. Neil Young, CEO of ngmoco reminded me why. Read more »
Just what the nascent plug-in vehicle market needs: A rockstar’s plug-in car catches on fire. Neil Young’s famous LincVolt plug-in car — a 1959 Lincoln Continental converted to electric — caught on fire after what looks to be an untested bit of the charging infrastructure sparked. Read more »
