Members Only: The Chronicle of Philanthropy builds a LinkedIn community by keeping people out By Andrew Phelps The Chronicle of Philanthropy is building a community on LinkedIn by breaking a rule from the social media playbook: In this group, not everyone is welcome. Membership in the newspaper’s LinkedIn group is free, but self-promoters, spammers, and…
Our fixations on our smartphones are changing social norms, work routines and maybe even how our brains functions STORY HIGHLIGHTS Smartphones are becoming an important part of life and culture Some smartphone owners say they could not possibly be without the devices One man uses a Bible app to read scripture to a church congregation…
Roberta Smith devoted an article in “The Week in Review” section of the New York Times to the guessing game about the anonymous buyer. Bemoaning the “irksome” secrecy of art sales, she conjured a rogue’s gallery of possible bidders, including “Buyer X,” a “puppet master,” a “Russian oligarch” fearing “home invasion or too much unfriendly attention from Vladimir Putin,” and “someone with vast sums of money stashed in a Swiss bank account or a dubious tax shelter.” All very James Bond. Buyer X must be smiling.
Christie’s and Sotheby’s jockey for position in 2010 Feb 15th 2010 IN 2009 Christie’s year on year sales fell by a third, but it was definitely Christie’s year. The private auction house, owned by François Pinault, a French luxury-goods billionaire, sold four of the year’s five most-expensive works and seven of the top ten. Of…