3 posts and columns on Michael Lewis

Yes, That’s Activision’s Kotick in “Moneyball” Movie Trailer

in Media on June 16, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT

In a surprise cameo, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has gone Hollywood, appearing in a new trailer for the movie, “Moneyball.” Based on the excellent Michael Lewis book about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its quirky manager Billy Beane, Kotick is playing its owner.
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Michael Lewis Loves the Kindle. But Not This Week.

in Media on March 16, 2010 at 9:31 am PT

Michael Lewis on the Kindle, 2007: “The coolest thing, by far, is that you think of a book you’d like to read, someone tells you about a book you’d like to read, and in 30 seconds, it’s on your screen, all of it.” So why can’t you buy Michael Lewis’s new book on the Kindle today?

Sarah Palin Is a Hit for Vanity Fair. But She’s No Jessica Simpson–Or Miley Cyrus!

in Media on July 6, 2009 at 1:05 pm PT

Vanity Fair’s prescient decision to put all of Todd Purdum’s Sarah Palin profile on the Web last week paid off big on Friday. But it would have done even better had the story featured a slideshow with photographs of attractive young women.
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