The old newspaper adage, 'If it bleeds, it leads,' is as true today as it was a century ago.

At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time - 45 percent - were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate.

When I talk about taking bold actions in the world, few things are bolder than creating the 'Huffington Post' from scratch and reinventing the newspaper business.

Companies have too many experts who block innovation. True innovation really comes from perpendicular thinking.

True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

If you stop and think about it, the form of propulsion used today hasn't changed in over a thousand years... since the invention of fireworks by the Chinese.