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Jonah Lehrer(Photo: PopTech)

The Shame of Our Public Shamings

It’s not just limited to secrets or controversial writing choices. When someone has an affair, says something offensive, endorses an obnoxious idea, releases something subpar, it seems we have two allowable impulses these days: Go after them unmercifully. Silently go about your business while others go after them unmercifully. Who has time to defend someone else? Who needs the heat?
By Ryan Holiday
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com promises revenge-by-glitter-bomb to anyone willing to pay a price. (Photo: Ship Your Enemies Glitter)

Exclusive: How This Man Got the Media to Fall for ShipYourEnemiesGlitter Stunt

ShipYourEnemiesGlitter revealed two very clear things: how great the demand for weird, funny startups actually is and how desperate and derivative the online media is these days.
By Ryan Holiday

Intentional Insanity: The Occupational Hazard of Writing Online for a Living

Every job carries occupational hazards. As Michael Lewis recently pointed out, the hazards of working on Wall Street are that
By Ryan Holiday

If You Think the Sony Hack Was a PR Stunt, You’re an Idiot

By Ryan Holiday

No Gray Area: It’s Definitely Not OK to Publish Emails From the Sony Hack

By Ryan Holiday

You Are So Terrible: A Letter About the Cosby Coverage

By Ryan Holiday

Abraham Lincoln as Media Manipulator-in-Chief: The 150 Year History of Corrupt Press

By Ryan Holiday

Facebook Is Getting Rid of Clickbait — But Not Because They Care About You

By Ryan Holiday

Thought Catalog: Why I Won't Pull My Pieces, Despite the Outrage

By Ryan Holiday

For Giants Like the New York Times, Problems Are Hidden in Plain Sight

By Ryan Holiday

Skimming Off The Top: Social Giving Sites Take a Huge Cut Of The Check

By Ryan Holiday
Hillary Clinton. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty)

Trading Up The Chain: Mainstream Media Takes Cues from Blogosphere

By Ryan Holiday

I Was Plagiarized By Arbitrage Magazine, But I’m The One Who Feels Terrible About It

By Ryan Holiday

Sourceless: Online Reporting Becomes a Race to the Bottom

By Ryan Holiday

Attention Authors: The Tech Tool That Really Makes Books into Bestsellers

By Tim Grahl

Phoning It In: 3 Years of Lessons From Running A Remote Business

By Ryan Holiday

Ryan’s Hope: Why I Took a Job at Betabeat

By Ryan Holiday
Bucket!

I Own a Goat: Some Animals And a Mini-Farm Give a Tech Guy Some Peace

By Ryan Holiday

A History of Media Manipulation: This Holiday Book List Will Protect You from Lying Liars

By Ryan Holiday
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Perretti.

Why Sponsored Posts Are a Waste of Ad Dollars

By Ryan Holiday

The Subscription Cycle: Why Andrew Sullivan’s Switching to the Pay Model and Everyone Else Should Too

By Ryan Holiday

Out of Reach: If the Media Covers You, You’d Better Bring an Audience

By Ryan Holiday

Electile Dysfunction: Why the Media Turned a Foregone Conclusion Into a Horse Race

By Ryan Holiday

The Making (and Unmaking) of Goldman Sachs Whistleblower Greg Smith

By Ryan Holiday
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