Monthly Archives: May 2014

My New York Times Word of the Day: monopsony

Posted on May 31, 2014 by msvoss

“Monopsony” wins hands down for today’s title. Used in “How Book Publishers Can Beat Amazon,” “monopsony” is defined in the enlightening piece by Bob Kohn as when a buyer of goods has the power to unlawfully lower the prices of … Continue reading →

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My New York Times Word of the Day: zettabyte

Posted on May 27, 2014 by msvoss

How high can we go? “Zettabyte” is a recently invented term to describe an extremely large amount of digital data, according to James Gorman in an article, All Circuits are Busy. A zettabyte equals about a trillion gigabytes or 75 … Continue reading →

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