"All Eyes on Murdoch" as he Defends his Newspapers Against Google

AFP story, published on here on Yahoo 11/15/09.
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Rupert Murdoch, who is considering charging internet users a fee to read stories from his newspapers, is accusing Google "of 'stealing' from his vast newspaper empire" and is threatening to "block the search engine from accessing its content."

The newspaper industry, hurting for revenues in the age of the free Internet news content, is carefully watching Murdoch's moves. Will this be the beginning of a new strategy to increase revenues? Or is it a misguided move that will simply shut Murdoch's "news" organizations (Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Fox News, among many others) out of the vast world of advertising and readers that Google's search engine can deliver?

How Google is Remaking the Media Landscape

Prolific author and N.Y. Times Columnist Ken Auleta speaks about his latest book Googled: The End of the World as We Know It on WYNC's Leonard Lopate Show.

A fascinating account of Google's rise and its impact on our culture and media landscape, including the newspaper, television, telephone, and advertising industries.

Listen at around Min 11:00 when he talks about why these changes pose serious challenges to independent journalism, investigative reporting, and issues like keeping those in power honest. "If newspapers continue to shrivel...you lose something...the blogosphere does not substitute for that"

Cloud computing is also discussed at minute 17:00.




Watch an excerpt (not the whole interview)

Ethnic Media Survive in Sinking Market

From National Public Radio
Though these are grim times for major news organizations across the country, a few organizations — often labeled "ethnic media" — are thriving.

Many of these newspapers and broadcast stations are doing well because they've tapped into an expanding audience — the sons and daughters of immigrants.

Listen to the story on NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102802880