JANUARY 1, 1991

Full News Archive

• Headline: Reviving 555 Broadway Amid SoHo's Decline. Impact: The marketing of 555 Broadway as office space during a slump led to a bizarre series of events where hipster entrepreneurs mistook it for a trendy 'ghost office.' This eventually sparked a viral meme trend of 'working from nowhere' which influenced remote work policies worldwide. Now, everyone thinks they can work in a haunted house and call it 'inspiring.'. Fact: Did you know that 555 Broadway was once a department store? That’s right, before it became a nearly empty office space, it was a place where people actually bought things. Imagine that!.
• Headline: Roy G. Green Becomes Chairman of County Bank. Impact: Roy G. Green adding 'Chairman' to his title was the catalyst for a corporate trend where executives started piling on titles like they were Pokémon. This led to an epidemic of 'Chairman of the Coffee Break' and 'Chief Executive of Office Snack Distribution,' resulting in an entire generation of confused employees wondering who their actual boss was.. Fact: Fun fact: Roy G. Green's name sounds like a character from a 90s sitcom, which is fitting because watching him add titles is about as entertaining as a rerun of 'Full House.'.