Description: Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the publicly available conditions that allowed Rogers Communications Inc. to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. give Canadians a seat at the negotiation table. Source: BNNbloomberg.ca – video report Date: Apr 05, 2023 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/everything-is-on-the-table-if-prices-don-t-come-down-following-rogers-shaw-acquisition-champagne-1.1904497 Questions for discussion: Summarize expected outcomes of this deal and what the government is threatening if… Read more »
Posts By: Brahm Canzer
Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help
Description: When Dereck Paul was training as a doctor at the University of California San Francisco, he couldn’t believe how outdated the hospital’s records-keeping was. The computer systems looked like they’d time-traveled from the 1990s, and many of the medical records were still kept on paper. Source: NPR.org Date: Apr 05, 2023 Link: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/05/1167993888/chatgpt-medicine-artificial-intelligence-healthcare Questions… Read more »
Women now dominate the book business. Why there and not other creative industries?
Description: These findings and others come from a new study by Joel Waldfogel, an economist at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. Waldfogel crunches the numbers on the book market’s female revolution. And, in a recent interview, the economist helps us think through potential reasons why women trail men in many creative industries, but have… Read more »
The Daily: Has TikTok broken social media, how much time online is spent on social, and Meta’s AR and VR plans
Description: On today’s episode, we discuss the effect TikTok has had on social media, what time spent on the platform looks like, and the impact of its new screen time limit for children and teens. “In Other News,” we talk about whether social apps are taking up a bigger or smaller share of Americans’ time… Read more »
Reclaiming the Reel: A Provocative Dialogue on Hollywood’s Biases Against Women and Minority Film Directors
Description: Embracing diversity in the workplace boosts creativity, improves leadership, and enhances understanding of consumers. According to a McKinsey report (Dixon-Fyle et al. 2020), firms with gender-diverse executive teams were 25% more likely to have above-average profitability, and firms in the top quartile of ethnically and culturally diverse leadership outperformed those in the fourth quartile by 36%… Read more »
MLB leans into baseball nostalgia with wide-ranging campaign
Description: Major League Baseball launched a new brand campaign to coincide with the 2023 season’s opening day on March 30, according to a press release. The effort was developed with Wieden+Kennedy. Source: MarketingDive.com – video report Date: Mar 30, 2023 Link: https://www.marketingdive.com/news/mlb-opening-day-baseball-is-something-else-campaign-wieden-kennedy/646408/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202023-03-30%20Marketing%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:49211%5D&utm_term=Marketing%20Dive Questions for discussion: What is MLB trying to do with this marketing strategy? What do… Read more »
Grocery code to increase ‘fair and ethical dealing’ industry, draft report says
Description: An industry group set up to hammer out a Canadian grocery code of conduct is getting closer to a final document, even as the way its terms will be enforced remains unclear. A new working draft of the grocery code viewed by The Canadian Press and verified by two grocery sector sources lays out… Read more »
Your Next Landlord Could Be 100 Random People
Description: Startups are buying properties and wooing first-time real estate investors to buy shares. The model could have real repercussions for renters. Source: Wired.com Date: Mar 30, 2023 Link: https://www.wired.com/story/arrived-fractional-investment-real-estate/?_hsmi=252508126&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6BxRUZp1vSN_Bh9FIR75GdG5FKWsByHxbC_DJZDAZmwMgmVCH8bsPs5FGOfillRcF-m8PKY-jKUpm8wARM0PD-Glm5NW2HTIr6kMQs_1UcPfQ4tE Questions for discussion: Summarize the pros and cons of this sort of business model, as described in the article. What is the impact on rentals,… Read more »
Twitter is dying
Description: It’s five months since Elon Musk overpaid for a relatively small microblogging platform called Twitter. The platform had punched above its weight in pure user numbers thanks to an unrivaled ability to both distribute real-time information and make expertise available. Combine these elements with your own critical faculty — to weed out the usual spam and… Read more »
Movie theater stocks pop after report says Apple plans to spend $1B a year on releases
Description: Cinema stocks jumped Thursday after a report said Apple plans to spend $1 billion a year on theatrical film releases. The investment is part of the tech company’s efforts to raise its profile in Hollywood and lure subscribers to its streaming service, Apple TV+, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Source: CNBC.com Date: Mar 23,2023… Read more »
