The Intention Economy  came out on Tuesday, and coverage has been spreading. Meanwhile, while I’ve been busy at IIW , where VRM mojo has been major. Notes from the many VRM sessions at #IIW14 will appear on this page soon. Meanwhile Meanwhile here are some excerpts pieces that ran this week. We shouldn’t but we do. don’t care what you say. MORE >>

Now live online: The new episode of TED Radio Hour , a program from NPR and TED. “The Pursuit of Happiness” is available online now on NPR.com — and will air online on many US NPR member stations; check your local listings. TEDradiohour and on NPR’s mobile apps. MORE >>

NOTE: Live-blogging. Getting things wrong. Missing points. Omitting key information. Introducing artificial choppiness. Over-emphasizing small matters. Paraphrasing badly. Not running a spellpchecker. Mangling other people’s ideas and words. You are warned , people. Matt Oswald drew Me Gusta. Nate Stern is Huh Guy. ” JZ said thank you. MORE >>

A few days ago RadioInk reported  that  WTOP , the all-news radio station in Washington, D.C., is now the top-billing station in the nation. Two surprising things there. WAMU gets an 8.2% AQH, or Average Quarter Hour share, to WTOP’s 6.9%,). So clearly CBS would like to compete in a town that makes more news than any other. Some history. MORE >>

Gabriella Gomez-Mont founded cultural salon Tóxico Cultura to build bridges between the arts within Mexico City. Today, she’s transforming Tóxico into an international platform for synthesizing art with a wider range of disciplines, creating new “blueprints for reality.” So it’s blown open what art means to you. agree. MORE >>