

And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it.

Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. Thought ratings were down from the previous season, this season’s premiere still drew people away from the second-season premiere of Fox’s “The X Factor” and Britney Spears’ GIF-able expressions.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: The move adds to the celebrity coaches’ already-full schedules but has proved somewhat advantageous in other ways. Wanting to ride “The Voice” wave some more after solid ratings, the network added a fall cycle of the show, which launched earlier this month. The participants on our show benefit from our coaches’ expertise and their continued success in the music business allows for significant new contributions to the contestants when they return.” “Doing two back-to-back cycles of this show requires a tremendous amount of time, and we are happy to accommodate the commitments made by Christina and CeeLo. “We are thrilled to welcome Usher and Shakira to ‘The Voice,’” said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt in a statement.

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Green is working on new music and developing a scripted comedy series for the network based on his life. Christina Aguilera is releasing a new album and going on tour. The move will allow the veteran judges some breathing room as they embark on other projects. The prospects for bedazzled outfits on “The Voice” just diminished significantly: NBC announced Monday that Shakira and Usher will join the show’s judges panel in the spring, filling in for pant-fearing Christina Aguilera and sequin-loving Cee Lo Green.
