Murdoch On Google and Pay-To-View
Posted by: kegill on: 9 November 2009
- In: Convergence| Economics| Media
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In an interview with SkyNews Australia, Rupert Murdoch continued to insist that Google (and other search engines) are “stealing” his content and that newspapers should never have “given away” their content for free. And he hinted that News Corp. would soon block search engines from indexing their web sites and would successfully challenge the “fair use” of links in court. (YouTube interview clip embedded below.)
Like many other executives in the newspaper business, Murdoch trots out the claim that readers have always “paid” for their news by purchasing a newspaper. This is false; readers pay for the convenience of having the content delivered — advertisers have footed the bill for content creation. Subscription fees don’t cover the cost of printing and distribution! How long are these men going to be allowed to make such false claims? When will reporters act like something other than stenographers?
On Net Neutrality
Posted by: kegill on: 8 November 2009
My comment on a MediaShift article on Net neutrality, Why the Future of Online Speech Depends on Net Neutrality:
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New Twitter RT Link: Use Caution
Posted by: kegill on: 7 November 2009
- In: Twitter| Web/Tech
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For those of you who are in the Twitter “retweet” beta test, I have a word of advice: proceed cautiously.
Here’s why. Currently, retweets that are executed via the Twitter web “retweet link” are visible to your followers who are using the web interface to read your tweets but are not visible to popular third party clients. Read the rest of this entry »
Convergence and Society
Posted by: kegill on: 6 November 2009
Presentation at Convergence and Society: Changing Media Landscape, 6 Nov 2009, Reno NV
“Television” Websites Fall Short
Posted by: kegill on: 5 November 2009
Consumers want to control their media consumption. This is a major shift in power that mainstream media organizations are still struggling with or, in too many cases, simply ignoring. Read the rest of this entry »
TV Industry In Canada
Posted by: kegill on: 5 November 2009
Major media owners in Canada are “crying poverty” to get regulatory concessions, according to Mark Edge, speaking at the Convergence and Society: The Changing Media Landscape (#cconf09) in Reno. And yet … they’re still making money.
The Michigan Model For News
Posted by: kegill on: 5 November 2009
Virtually every urban newspaper in Michigan has moved to a “hybrid” delivery model, based on the one introduced by the Detroit Free Press/Detroit News, according to Dennis W. Jeffers, speaking at the Convergence and Society: The Changing Media Landscape (#cconf09) in Reno.
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Obama Administration Colludes With U.S. Entertainment Industry
Posted by: kegill on: 3 November 2009
Back in March, Declan McCullagh reported that the Obama Administration cloaked its draft section of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under “national security” wrappers — for the general public. At the same time, the document had supposedly already made the rounds of “corporate lobbyists in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.”
Today, someone has leaked information about the U.S.-authored draft chapter on internet “counterfeiting” — a document scheduled for discussion among participating nations in South Korea on Wednesday.
According to PC World, under the treaty Internet Service Providers would become liable for copyright infringement. This is like saying that the telephone company is liable if criminals (or terrorists!) use the company’s assets to plot a crime. How absurd. But don’t be lulled into thinking that absurd means “won’t happen.”
Liveblogging: Hedrick Smith
Posted by: kegill on: 3 November 2009
Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer-prize winning reporter and producer, is on UW campus today for the Danz lecture at Kane Hall tonight. He’s talking to students from two journalism classes this afternoon. Live blogged notes:
Google, The Platform
Posted by: kegill on: 3 November 2009
Listening to Google CEO Eric Schmidt talk about the importance of a “new platform” while noting that “enterprise-focused” engineers are a small percentage of the company’s engineering team, I flashed back to 1984.
When Apple introduced the Macintosh with that Ridley Scott commercial, the company was making a statement about the “cultural implications of personal computers.” Apple’s deliberate shunning of IT departments, Steve Jobs’ goal of democratizing technology, the 1984 slogan “The Computer For The Rest of Us”, the 1998 slogan “Think Different” — each are examples of a company positioned as the alternative to “the enterprise.” Read the rest of this entry »
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