The Awl http://www.theawl.com/ Be Less Stupid Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:50:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Richard Florida's Disclosure List http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/richard-floridas-disclosure-list http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/richard-floridas-disclosure-list#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:50:50 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/richard-floridas-disclosure-list Richard Florida's academic clients like to call Creative Class a "think tank." But his company, Creative Class, actually calls itself a "global advisory services firm," which is correct. Apart from the corporate clients—Goldman Sachs, Citi Group, IBM—for whom they advise on how to reach the "creative class," there's work geared to developers and real estate folks, corporate services and "talent management." And then there's his other clients: cities and city-states, and their business-development corporations.

Now Florida is the "anchor" for the Atlantic's handsome new Atlantic Cities site, (as well as a senior editor for the Atlantic). So the publication—which looks good! Love that Atlantic!—doesn't have to bother with lengthy fine print, here's a disclosure list of "cities for whom Richard Florida has consulted," so that you can feel more informed about his editorial choices.

• Ontario
• Seattle
• San Diego
• Atlanta
• Austin
• Cape Town
• Tampa Bay
• El Paso
• Dublin
• Memphis
• Anaheim
• Long Beach
• Miami-Dade
• Savannah
• Brisbane
• Fort Worth
• Barcelona
•Also Las Vegas engineered the sale of its City Hall to Zappos (a subsidiary of Amazon) thanks to Richard Florida. ("And so we've actually partnered with this guy named Richard Florida," said the chief of Zappos, in June, "... basically, we're taking the research from that and research from other places to basically help rebuild a city from scratch and build a real sense of community and a real sense of culture in probably a place that's, you know, at least brand-wise, is the antithesis of all that.")

Well, and many many more! But yes. Disclosures are important! They help in case the FTC gets all itchy because a consultant who gets paid by these entities now devotes his time to a publication that covers these cities.

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]]> Richard Florida's academic clients like to call Creative Class a "think tank." But his company, Creative Class, actually calls itself a "global advisory services firm," which is correct. Apart from the corporate clients—Goldman Sachs, Citi Group, IBM—for whom they advise on how to reach the "creative class," there's work geared to developers and real estate folks, corporate services and "talent management." And then there's his other clients: cities and city-states, and their business-development corporations.

Now Florida is the "anchor" for the Atlantic's handsome new Atlantic Cities site, (as well as a senior editor for the Atlantic). So the publication—which looks good! Love that Atlantic!—doesn't have to bother with lengthy fine print, here's a disclosure list of "cities for whom Richard Florida has consulted," so that you can feel more informed about his editorial choices.

• Ontario
• Seattle
• San Diego
• Atlanta
• Austin
• Cape Town
• Tampa Bay
• El Paso
• Dublin
• Memphis
• Anaheim
• Long Beach
• Miami-Dade
• Savannah
• Brisbane
• Fort Worth
• Barcelona
•Also Las Vegas engineered the sale of its City Hall to Zappos (a subsidiary of Amazon) thanks to Richard Florida. ("And so we've actually partnered with this guy named Richard Florida," said the chief of Zappos, in June, "... basically, we're taking the research from that and research from other places to basically help rebuild a city from scratch and build a real sense of community and a real sense of culture in probably a place that's, you know, at least brand-wise, is the antithesis of all that.")

Well, and many many more! But yes. Disclosures are important! They help in case the FTC gets all itchy because a consultant who gets paid by these entities now devotes his time to a publication that covers these cities.

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]]> http://www.theawl.com/2011/09/richard-floridas-disclosure-list/feed 9 The Junket Generation: The Thrillist Jet Blue Starbucks JetMystery Junket Attendee List http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:34 +0000 Choire Sicha http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-junket-generation-the-thrillist-jet-blue-starbucks-jetmystery-junket-attendee-list I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS ISOver the weekend, the website Thrillist, in cooperation with their partners Jet Blue and Starbucks and Sandals Resorts and some other fine businesses, threw a free mystery-destination weekend junket vacation for around 150 people-bloggers, PR people, reporters, tech folks and other youngsters. They ended up in Jamaica! Who were they all? It's hard to tell, if you don't get out much. From Googling super-hard, though, we've come up with about 1/3rd of the guest list. This is useful to have on the record.

Adam Hirsch
Adam Rich
Alex Gittleson
Alyssa Giacobbe
Amber Ettinger
Ami Kealoha
Anna Jane Grossman
Ben Hindeman
Ben Lerer
Benjamin Ochnio
Carson Griffith
Courtney Scott
Cristina Everett
Dan Gould
Dorothy McGivney
Elizabeth Brady
Ellie Rountree
Erika Panasci
Evan Orensten
Flavie Bagnol
Gideon Yago
Jessica Amason
John Wiseman
Justin Stefano
Kathleen Perricone
Kelly Brady
Kurt Soller
Lara Wyss
Libby Pigg
Lindsay Damast
Liz Arnold
Mark O'Neill
Michael Rothman
Mike Albo
Mike Smayo
Morgan Johnston
Naomi Piercey
Nick McGlynn
Peter Muse
Phillippe von Borries
Robert Quigley
Sharon Feder
Shira Levine
William Yau

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]]> I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS ISOver the weekend, the website Thrillist, in cooperation with their partners Jet Blue and Starbucks and Sandals Resorts and some other fine businesses, threw a free mystery-destination weekend junket vacation for around 150 people-bloggers, PR people, reporters, tech folks and other youngsters. They ended up in Jamaica! Who were they all? It's hard to tell, if you don't get out much. From Googling super-hard, though, we've come up with about 1/3rd of the guest list. This is useful to have on the record.

Adam Hirsch
Adam Rich
Alex Gittleson
Alyssa Giacobbe
Amber Ettinger
Ami Kealoha
Anna Jane Grossman
Ben Hindeman
Ben Lerer
Benjamin Ochnio
Carson Griffith
Courtney Scott
Cristina Everett
Dan Gould
Dorothy McGivney
Elizabeth Brady
Ellie Rountree
Erika Panasci
Evan Orensten
Flavie Bagnol
Gideon Yago
Jessica Amason
John Wiseman
Justin Stefano
Kathleen Perricone
Kelly Brady
Kurt Soller
Lara Wyss
Libby Pigg
Lindsay Damast
Liz Arnold
Mark O'Neill
Michael Rothman
Mike Albo
Mike Smayo
Morgan Johnston
Naomi Piercey
Nick McGlynn
Peter Muse
Phillippe von Borries
Robert Quigley
Sharon Feder
Shira Levine
William Yau

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