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)

The David Letterman Affair

Old Media meets New Media in revelation of sordid late-night affair!
Read all about it. David Letterman's affair backlash.



Letterman admits to affair. Fans are abuzz trying to "spoil" the story by "sleuthing" all over the web for details. "video search: letterman affair"

Old media CBS is protective, plays cat & mouse game with YouTubers, keeps video confession off cyber-air-waves.No mention of on-air confession on Letterman's show web page. Comments section is on fire!

Twitter's buzzing. Search #letterman.
Blogs are buzzing. Type "blog:david letterman affair" in Google search for 50,000 returns.