There is so much misunderstanding flying around about the economics of content on the web and the role of Google in the web’s content economy that it’s making my head hurt. So let’s see if we can straighten things out.
Google isn’t stealing content from newspapers and other media companies. It’s stealing their control over distribution, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nick Carr’
How Google Stole Control Over Content Distribution By Stealing Links
April 12th, 2009 |
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How Newsrooms Throw Away Value By Not Linking To Sources On The Web
August 8th, 2008 |
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A lot of research can go into a piece of reporting, and in print the value of that research can only be passed on through brief quotes or references. But on the web, no longer limited by finite column inches, newsrooms can create huge value for readers by providing links to the source material that [...]
What The Newspaper Industry Could Learn About Do Or Die Innovation From General Motors
July 21st, 2008 |
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As newspaper companies lose billions in market capitalization and innovation-minded journalists battle newsroom “curmudgeons” shell-shocked by the rapid pace of change amid increasingly dire economic realities, a lesson in burn-the-rule-book transformation might come from an unexpected source: General Motors. That’s right, the once-dominate car maker, which missed every trend that has lead to Toyota’s dominance, [...]
Connecting The Dots Of The Web Revolution
June 18th, 2008 |
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For several days my brain has been connecting the blogstorm over AP trying to dictate how much of their content can be quoted on the web with the “quote” that Nick Carr lifted from one of my blog posts in his Atlantic article — I finally figured out why. The problem with the AP isn’t [...]
What Magazines Still Don’t Understand About The Web
June 10th, 2008 |
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Since I already drilled a nerve with What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The Web, which is on its way to becoming one of my most linked posts ever — and since everyone loves a sequel — I thought I would do a follow up for magazines. The lessons, of course, apply to every [...]