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Google pays for news?
The Sunday Herald had a good little story: So, thanks to AFP, everyone is getting in on the act. (Update) In Wired, btw, Leslie Moonves explains the difference between promotional value and getting paid (contrast with the BBC’s ‘promotional’ YouTube deal): Wired: There’s a lot of CBS material on YouTube. How does that work? Moonves:…
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The disappointment of leisure
We are watching the final episode of the West Wing tonight. Since last year we’ve ploughed through all seven seasons on DVD rentals, the plot low point of Zoe’s kidnapping, the pleasure of watching guest appearances from the likes of John Goodman and Alan Alda. It’s been an enjoyable diversion, and yet there we go,…
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The future funders of news
Vin Crosbie takes on the issue of who will pay for online news content. The central question for news content is not what is paying for it, but who. Printed newspapers are not about to go away, but they are managing decline. That means a lot of management time spent on cost reduction and restructuring…
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Cramer for Al Jazeera English?
A tiny rumour a couple of weeks back on Jossip (I’m not a regular) had former CNN International boss Chris Cramer heading to Al Jazeera English by September. If there were even a shred of truth to it, would it be to replace Nigel Parsons or Steve Clarke? Both men might feel they’d served their…