Why Little Screens Are Good For Cities
The news went out yesterday morning: Office supply giant Staples, faced with declining retail sales, will have to shrink its physical square footage by 15 percent as part of an overall reorganization plan. What’s to blame for the company’s woes? READ MORE >>
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Running Against the City: The GOP Finds Its Demon
It’s been a long time coming: Over the past two decades, demographers have noticed America’s cities getting bluer and the countryside bleeding red. The electoral map of 2000 put the so-called “big sort” in stark relief, and The Stranger’s Urban Archipelago manifesto crystallized the realization that liberals—and their lattes, and their limousines—were marooned. READ MORE >>
Why Republicans Aren’t Serious About Getting Rural Areas Online
Spectrum policy isn’t the most incendiary or outlandish of the planks in the now-public Republican platform. But for pure disingenuousness, it ranks pretty near the top. READ MORE >>
A couple weeks ago, with little fanfare, Google bought the 55-year-old, red-and-white branded travel guidebook company Frommer’s for a reported $25 million. For the search engine giant, the upsides are immediate: Just like that, Google—which last year purchased the Zagat series of restaurant guides—acquired still more expertise that competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor can’t claim. READ MORE >>
