Category: Business

The Business of Selling Attention

H. Scott DaltonNo Comments

Most news outlets are not here to bring you the news. They’re here to sell your attention to their advertisers. The news, just like every other channel on your TV, is for-profit programming. That means they have to bring in more from sponsorships than they pay for programming. The advertisers, in turn, have to bring […]

The Common Denominator in Every Lousy Job You’ve Ever Had

H. Scott DaltonNo Comments

It’s Monday. The weekend is over; time to drag ourselves back to work. Or maybe not. A growing number of us get up full of energy on Monday morning, looking forward to whatever the week might bring and burning to get back to something we think is important and worth our time. Those are the […]