Tal Pinchevsky
Tal Pinchevsky is a Canadian writer who first moved to New York in 2001 to work for Gear Magazine, an ultimately-doomed men's lifestyle publication founded by Bob Guccione Jr. A McGill University graduate, he has since worked as an editor and freelance journalist covering everything from sports to real estate to consumer electronics for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, ESPN, New York Post, Blender, and Minyanville.com.
With banks no longer able to extend the kind of credit that ultimately got them in trouble in the first place, people are suddenly looking for a lending alternative that […]
Numerous thinkers have flirted with different ways to provide children around the globe with the kind of technology that can enable advanced learning. Perhaps no program has gained more traction […]
To say the least, it’s an interesting time for museums worldwide. While attendance remains steady, endowments and contributions have shrunk, forcing some museums to pursue layoffs and others to close […]
In the high-stakes world of sports marketing, the search for the next Jordan, Tiger or Lebron never ends, highlighted every year by a special “Next” issue of ESPN the Magazine. […]
With banks no longer able to extend the kind of credit that ultimately got them in trouble in the first place, people are suddenly looking for a lending alternative that […]
Following the successful end-runs of popular and critically-acclaimed HBO programs the Sopranos, Sex and the City, and The Wire, speculation ran rampant in the television industry about how the pay-TV […]
Lost in the festivities commemorating Canada Day (July 1st), the Fourth of July, and Bastille Day (July 14th) has been the first celebration of what could become the world’s pre-eminent […]
Plenty has been made of the transcendent, uniting force of music, particularly in the wake of Michael Jackson’s untimely death and the subsequent celebration of his international musical legacy. But […]
You could make a compelling case that the American comic book industry has never been more fascinating. Much of that has to do with Hollywood running out of original ideas […]
In the midst of all the news on ailing financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, much of the media attention has focused on wealthy states like New York and California. […]
While China has been investing in its urban infrastructure at a frenetic pace, India’s city infrastructure remains well behind its northern neighbor. But a new sea bridge in Mumbai could […]
With the travel industry adjusting to today’s modestly priced, environmentally conscious mandate, it’s time to consider new concepts for hotels. Thinking outside the box, Morris Architects took home a prize […]
The economic spiral has seen the birth of a disconcerting social experiment. Tent cities, first on the West Coast and now in the East, are testing a new model for […]
The cleaning industry isn’t always, well, all that clean. But a new trend in product transparency could be revealing its dirty side for the better. In February, a coalition of […]
When it comes to Iranian culture, snowboarding doesn’t generally come to mind. But in a country that has remained largely enigmatic for three decades, the slopes near Tehran have become […]
Despite being left out of the main competition at Cannes, Iranian cinema was recently championed as “alive and successful” by officials at the Farabi Cinematic Foundation, an affiliate of the […]
There were two big takeaways from last week’s Cornell Global Forum on Sustainable Enterprise. One was that Al Gore is a very busy man these days. The other is that […]
The job market has sent people searching for answers, and their search has resulted in a mass exodus to the self-help aisles, creating a mini-boom in the ever popular self-help […]
Studies have documented the correlation between height and success. Now medical advances are extending options for adding a few inches to all the height-challenged out there. Princeton released the findings […]
With traditional manufacturing jobs evaporating, green is becoming the color du jour around the necks of American workers. Every candidate promised the creation of green collar jobs in last year’s […]
If you had to sacrifice your salary to save a co-worker’s job, would you do it? In Boston higher education, it’s becoming standard practice. The argument started at Harvard after […]
With the country mired in a recession, countless people are looking for a new boomtown. New data indicates one place that, if it isn’t recession-proof, is at least recession-resistant. That […]
The business world has been blamed for just about everything from the dissolution of native cultures to the exploitation of natural resources. But Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and academic […]
Is it possible for blogs to operate without the snark and juvenile potshots that have come to characterize online communication? Probably not, but that hasn’t stopped 15 Congressmen from attempting […]
Rarely has a non-descript box beside your TV been the source of such heated division. While the DVR has provided great convenience for TV viewers unable to watch their favorite […]
It’s not exactly the U.N. Security Council, but by every measure, it could be more cutthroat. If Hulu can bring together the mouse, the peacock, and Rupert Murdoch, is there […]
In Hollywood programming, rival brands can come together in a number of ways. There is the traditional cross-over cross-promotional episode. Think Flintstones meet the Jetsons or the Simpsons meet the […]
AIG was having all kinds of trouble remaining solvent when it received a government bailout before proceeding to commit multiple PR blunders in succession, particularly paying some $450 million in […]
After buying an emptied four-story hotel in London two years ago, British hedge funder Chris Rokos submitted plans to local authorities to convert the building into an eight-bedroom home complete […]
Most people already know Jack Welch. He’s the former General Electric CEO who now just may be the only septuagenarian with a Twitter feed. But it’s his wife, Suzy, who […]