The New York Times is Not a Paper: The Face-off with Twit/Book

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Digitization and democratization of information are generally viewed as benefiting the public good, even if private incumbent enterprises are disrupted or dismantled in the process. Does journalism present a potential counterexample where both are harmed? And what can one of the world’s leading news organizations do about it?

Data-Driven Dress Dealing

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Retailers have historically made decisions based on intuition, but what happens when companies like EDITED begin leveraging Big Data to track runway trends, analyze product movement, and recommend pricing and promotions?

Digitization threatens the insurance business

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THERE are more web-connected devices than people in the world. Yet while consumers and surgeons generally may welcome such developments, they pose an existential threat to some insurers. How might data-gathering devices spell doom for parts of the insurance business?