Comments on: More emerges on Microsoft’s dance with newspapers

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By: NSFW: 1200 words absolutely, definitely not about Rupert Murdoch and Google

NSFW: 1200 words absolutely, definitely not about Rupert Murdoch and Google — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:24:30 +0000

[...] cry for a mass-boycott of Google News, but that will just be an added bonus to Murdoch. The numbers show that most searchers wouldn’t even notice if the Wall Street Journal and every other News [...]

By: Murdoch, Microsoft…and Google? « One Thought Experiment

Murdoch, Microsoft…and Google? « One Thought Experiment — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:07:25 +0000

[...] seems plausible at first, it doesn’t seem like Google is going to be worried anytime soon. Why? Numbers show that many searchers would not even notice if News Corp articles were removed from their search [...]

By: David

David — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:57:16 +0000

Google’s current index is 100%. Taking 0.00001% out of it will make its index incomplete. I also believe people will pay for good content. I like SNL, so when Hulu is the only place to watch full clips of SNL, I left Youtube and went to Hulu. I also like WSJ. If I can’t search WSJ articles on Google, I’ll have to use Bing instead. Google knows this.

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By: Radman R

Radman R — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:20:06 +0000

Even if it looks bad, the real producers of goods and services never make the biggest bucks.

That is just the nature of the businesses. Farmers suffer, workers make less money, developers who actually write code make less money than managers, the gold rush agents made more money than prospectors etc etc etc etc etc.

So, there is nothing unusual that Google makes more money than the news producers make.

Google developed a very good model (business and technology) of finding the info users really care about and making it at a very low cost.

There were other search engines (including Microsoft) who tried before but did not get it right.

Any business will use a monopoly in one business segment to gain advantage in another. IBM did that, Microsoft did that for 20 years.

And yes, Google has decided that if it needs to stay and NOT go down as Sun, Netscape, it needs to weaken the Microsoft stronghold on OS. Only then it can survive.

On the other hand, Microsoft has understood that the Google has talent, capacity and vision to eventually diminish Microsoft. It wants to choke the windpipe (search) so that it will not pose any danger to it.

This will be battle of the titans.

I can see the past battles- Apple, IBM, Netscape, RealNetworks, Yahoo IMs, Sun and now Google.

None of those old folks survived (well they are still around but not as competitors).

What will happen to Google?

I wish I know.

By: UK’s The Sun newspaper beats Apple to news-friendly tablet

UK’s The Sun newspaper beats Apple to news-friendly tablet — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:46:01 +0000

[...] have even proclaimed that the device could save the newspaper industry. That’s bound to be music to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s ears, but one of his many media outlets, the UK’s The Sun newspaper, may have beaten Apple to the [...]

By: Googleとルパート・マードックの件については一言も書くまいと私が固く決意している理由…

Googleとルパート・マードックの件については一言も書くまいと私が固く決意している理由… — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:52:54 +0000

[...] マードックがGoogleからコンテンツを引き上げるのはGoogleの没落の始まりだ、などというのはとんだ寝言である。おっちょこちょいな中小メディアの中にはマードックの思うツボにはまってGoogleボイコットの呼びかけに追随するところも出てくるかもしれないが、マードックにしてみればそれはオマケの効果にしか過ぎない。統計が示すように一般の検索ユーザーはWall Street Journal始めNews Corpの全媒体がGoogleから消えても、そのことに気付きもしないだろう。逆にNews Corpのページビューが大幅に減るのは絶対に間違いない。マードックがそのデメリットをBingとの提携で補えるかどうか大いに疑問だ。ところが、Sun（と、ニューヨークのPost）についていくらかでも詳しい人間なら、マードックが直接の売上収入よりも部数を常に優先することを知っている。そのためマードックは部数を上げるために定価を自殺的ともいえる採算割れの水準まで引き下げてきた。 [...]

By: NSFW: 1200 words absolutely, definitely not about Rupert Murdoch and Google | Tech stuff center

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:13:08 +0000

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By: Kamal

Kamal — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:31:28 +0000

Thrown out everything MS from my life. Not worth trusting.

This proves that media is becoming a puppet for the rich. Somehow I feel, it always was. Worthless WSJ. All their integrity, all their values bent to their knees in front of the $. Repercussions of this aren’t too far away for all of us to see.

By: Joe Ward

Joe Ward — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:48:57 +0000

Couldn’t agree more.

By: Murdoch vs Google – back to business school « Lars Fischer

Murdoch vs Google – back to business school « Lars Fischer — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:25:19 +0000

[...] Murdoch vs Google – back to business school Posted in IPR by lpfischer on 28. November, 2009 There’s been a lot of talk in the blogosphere lately about Murdoch, Google, Bing, and the possible future business models of news and search. Rupert Murdoch has been making noises that News Corp will block the Google search bot; Nicholas Carr added his thoughts a few days ago, and TechCrunch is expanding on the rumours. [...]

By: Madvil

Madvil — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:56:37 +0000

Just a clear misunderstanding that I tend to see to some replies.

Just because some newspapers have the side that they support obvious doesn’t mean that the journalist bloggers don’t have a side for their own.

Also there are many freelancers out there that in my opinion could make loads of money and still write what they already do.

On topic, I’m going with Bing.

By: Ashok

Ashok — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:45:14 +0000

@Alicia, it is too late in the day to go back to the paid contents model. Having tasted free contents, and with so many free sources of news being available, people are not going to pay for getting some news which is no more “news” since many others are providing the same story almost at the same time. True, there are opinions on WSJ and the like, and those opinions will be important too. But, not everybody will pay to read those opinions online when many other opinions on the same story are available free on the web.

By: Jamie Thomson

Jamie Thomson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:29:10 +0000

“wonder who would seriously pay to see the tripe that comes out of Newscorp”

Many people, sadly!

By: Jamie Thomson

Jamie Thomson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:27:56 +0000

Sorry, I’m wrong there, I’ll rephrase. Making content free without there being a way to monetize it is in contravention of the principles of media.

By: Jamie Thomson

Jamie Thomson — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:26:46 +0000

By the same token giving away content for free is in contravention of the principles upon which media was founded.

I’m not arguing one way or the other by the way, only making the point that those two factions are, currently, incompatible.