AMAZON.... Did you see the New York Times Magazine
story on Amazon.com? Pretty good, actually. The point
was, the STOCK is the story!! (Like Marshall McLuhan,
the media is the message.) That the company's line
business almost is its stock price. Better than the
usual NYT Mag piece, which is increasingly irrelevant
(stories like "The Triumph of Intellectual Transgender
Sexuality on American Campuses" or "Golda Meir's
Enduring Legacy." YEAH! BTW, where did Intel close
today??). Anyway, good Amazon story. Couple quibbles:
Author kept saying how bad the jobs were
there--journalism error 101: SHOW them how bad, never
really described. And as far as Amazon being a cult,
well, all new, hep companies are like that (Dell,
Starbucks, Sun, etc....). And forget about Bezos'
wife.... But it was worth reading.... |
