innovation-myths

Why White Men Can't Be Disruptors

Jason Parham · 09/11/14 02:54PM

Yesterday, when Vanity Fair released its New Establishment list—which first debuted in 2008 as "a collection of kingmakers and innovators"—it included a sub-list of nine men and two women. Among the herd were Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times, Bill Simmons of Grantland, Ezra Klein of Vox, and Gawker's own Sam Biddle. This apparently new breed of swashbuckling, journo-entrepreneurs was dubbed News Disruptors.