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The four types of blogger at Davos
The Telegraph may have Martin Sorrell and Ben Verwaayen blogging from here in Davos, but the FT is covering the waterfront with half a dozen or so blogging participants. There’s an interesting piece on Sovereign Wealth Funds from Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley. But broadly the wider Davos blogging canvas looks like this: faux modest…
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Clang. The sound of names dropping.
A Davos day. I guess it is the proximity that makes Davos what it is. This morning I had a few words with Jacob Zuma. Said hi to Mohamed Chebaro of Al Arabiya. Then a brief chat with the Duke of York, met on the stairs. Saw an old college chum who is now a…
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Government-funded journalism
I just ran into Michael Arrington, who although he is a tech journo, still has an eye for a story. He was in a Davos session led by Jeff Jarvis when Columbia President Lee Bollinger piped up about government-funded journalism: When the business model of “real journalism” fails, what should society do in response? When…
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Davos: the ultimate 3* experience
Perhaps the oddest thing about Davos is its modesty. Despite the fact that capitalism and markets are being celebrated here, conspicuous consumption has yet to establish a toehold in the boxy Swiss resort. So is power more seductive than Prada? Certainly meetings are taking priority over materialism.