Category: Names, Organizational

Gannett Changes Name to USA Today Co.

The company, which publishes more than 200 local newspapers across 42 states, is adopting the name of its flagship publication.
Barry Sternlicht Is Bringing Back the Starwood Hotel Brand

Twenty years ago, the hotel magnate stepped down from Starwood, which later sold to Marriott for $13 billion. Now, he wants to give it another go.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Plans an Upgrade

The downtown museum will purchase its building, incorporate artist residencies and add a cafe that will have a collaborative twist.
Dick Wolf, ‘Law & Order’ Creator, Gives 200 Artworks to the Met Museum

Wolf has promised works by Botticelli, the Gentileschis and van Gogh to the museum, which is also naming two galleries for him thanks to a large financial donation.
Why Businesses Are Now Obsessed With the Word ‘Citizen’

If we don’t feel connected to our neighbors, maybe can we buy belonging one latte at a time?
LinkedIn issues warning to a site shaming pro-Palestinian sentiment.

The site listed thousands of people and grouped them by their workplaces after they posted on the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
So What Do We Call Twitter Now Anyway?

With Elon Musk’s rebranding of the app, is Twitter’s name really retired? What about tweets? We unravel the terminology puzzle.
From Twitter to X: Elon Musk Begins Erasing an Iconic Internet Brand

The tech billionaire started removing the bird logo that has been part of Twitter’s identity since 2006.
‘That’s Not Us!’: Blank Slate Coffee Would Like You to Know It Is Not Blank Street

A Manhattan coffee outpost changed its name this month in an effort to distance itself from a fast-growing chain that elicits strong feelings from New Yorkers.
First Republic Bank Is Sold to JPMorgan: What to Know

First Republic is the second-largest bank by assets to fail in U.S. history. Here are some answers to questions you may have about what comes next for the bank and for depositors’ money.
First Republic Is Sold: What to Know

First Republic is the second-largest bank by assets to fail in U.S. history. Here are some answers to questions you may have about what comes next for the bank and for depositors’ money.
George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’

The New York Times – Sports:
The move comes amid a reckoning of the fraught history of team names across American sports. Potential new names include: “Ambassadors,” “Blue Fog,” “Revolutionaries” and “Sentinels.”