The inevitable clash between the newspaper industry and Google is coming to a head and its fascinating to watch.
Round 1: Robert Thompson Murdoch's chief newspaper general labelled Google a 'parasites' or 'tech tapeworm in the intestine of the internet'
Round 2: Murdoch himself questioned whether Google was abiding by copyright law
Round 3: Google's CEO Eric Schmidt countered rather more politely praising newspapers and recognising their role but saying that they needed to innovate to survive. He warned that the turmoil in the newspaper industry was a direct result of newspapers failing to keep up with the pace of change - and ignoring their readers' wishes (ouch!).
We are front row at this heavy weight fight and we intend to stay gued to our seats as the titans of 'old' and 'new' media trade meaty blows in what some see as deciding the future of the newspapers.
We will keep you posted
1 comment:
I have certain sympathy with Googles' argument.
Newspaper started early and performed well online and then totally surrendered. Theres been very little innovation in newspaper industry and as Schmidt says they have failed to listen to Readers wishes. They are guilty of allowing Google (and others) to crash the party and they are paying the consequences now.
now is the time to be brave and bold but i doubt the industry has the managemnt bottle or the know how!
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