Tuesday 16 December 2008

France calls Google predator

Strong anti-Google sentiments from French publishers reveal a stuck-in-the-mud attitude prevalent throughout much old media. But who's right?

Interesting comments and round up on journalism.co.uk: French publishers vs Google: ‘You are becoming our worst enemy’

Also this video:



Laura Oliver who posted the article observes:

Google, secrecy about its algorithms and dominance of the online ad market aside, is looking forward; newspapers are trying to protect and control what they perceive as news and the news business. The problems they are facing, some related to Google and others not, should show them that this self-interested attitude can’t be maintained and their perception of ‘news as we know it’ is out-dated.

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