In 2016, AT&T bought Time Warner for $85.4 billion. The merger brought Time Warner and all its holdings (CNN, Warner Brothers, DC Comics and HBO) under the same umbrella as AT&T telecommunications holdings including DirecTV. The pairing seemed odd when it was announced. A telecommunications company and content company? Most of us assumed there were […]
Month: May 2021
Reparations before Reparations; The Ex-Slave Pension Fund Plan
With the end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment by Congress, the question became how to fairly compensate former African American slaves for all of their years of hard labor and servitude. Most people are familiar with the 40 Acres and a mule plan that crashed and burned before ever […]
Lessons from the Edsel
This car was supposed to change the automobile industry, instead it went down as one of the biggest flops in automotive history. The Ford Edsel lasted only 3 years on the market but left a lifetime of lessons. Ford saw an opportunity in the middle car market, equivalent to the Accord, Camry or Altima market […]
