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Rip up the rulebook
Media industries are evolving extremely quickly and old ways are becoming redundant. To help you keep up, Monocle identifies the pioneers, technologies and trends of the future.
Cultural gathering
Let Monocle entertain you with its selection of art shows, films, albums and books. The sun rises on 2009 with hot new artists, musicians and directors coming to the fore. Enjoy.
Writing history
After Barack Obama's historic 2008 victory, Monocle asked foreign correspondents in the US what the election means for their country and their views on the new president elect.
Observation
As we enter the New Year, there's a new president in the Oval Office and developments at Monocle HQ. Our editor-in-chief, Tyler Brûlé, is feeling optimistic about 2009 and beyond.
Expo. 18: Sumo
The ancient art of sumo is under threat from dwindling numbers of homegrown wrestlers and numerous scandals. Can fresh leadership in the Japan Sumo Association clean up the sport and restore its fundamentals?
Well stacked
A Buenos Aires bookshop with the largest collection of photography books in South Africa.
Power Stations
‘Magic walls’ and ‘QVR’ are new terms for TV anchors covering the US election. Monocle looks at the networks’ top 10 secret weapons for reporting on the winners and losers of the big day.
Culture
This month’s culture roundup. Films include an animated documentary on the Lebanon war and a Russian émigré junkie in London. Books feature Soviet chic, a noir New York tale, and Argentinian memoir.
Light bulb moment
In our series on working lives, we enter artist Katie Paterson's world. She brings ideas of the universe to life, with witty installations that involve calling a mobile phone inside a glacier.
Town crier
The ‘Rutland Herald’ is Vermont's second-largest daily and the oldest family-owned newspaper in continuous operation in the US. In 2001, it won a Pulitzer prize for its editorials supporting same-sex civil unions.
