Comments on: Google Now Officially Competing with Newspapers; So is AP http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: links for 2007-09-03 « David Black http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 links for 2007-09-03 « David Black Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:27:36 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1924 [...] Google Now Officially Competing with Newspapers; So is AP - Dan Gillmor “The most interesting part of this deal is that the Associated Press is one of Google’s news providers. Yet the AP is owned by the news organizations.” (tags: internet vertical search news aggregators google googlenews newspapersites journalism ap) [...] [...] Google Now Officially Competing with Newspapers; So is AP – Dan Gillmor “The most interesting part of this deal is that the Associated Press is one of Google’s news providers. Yet the AP is owned by the news organizations.” (tags: internet vertical search news aggregators google googlenews newspapersites journalism ap) [...]

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Dan Gillmor Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:25:27 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1923 Not being apocalyptic, just (I think) realistic when I say that AP is really starting to look like a competitor to its owners... and that Google is not, when it's all said and done, a business friend of the newspaper industry. (I'm a big fan of Google in most respects, as you know, and think the company is providing an excellent service with its news site.) Not being apocalyptic, just (I think) realistic when I say that AP is really starting to look like a competitor to its owners… and that Google is not, when it’s all said and done, a business friend of the newspaper industry. (I’m a big fan of Google in most respects, as you know, and think the company is providing an excellent service with its news site.)

]]> By: Howard Weaver http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Howard Weaver Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:02:43 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1922 While there are likely to be some yet-unknown implications to the Google/news service deal, this post and most of the commentary I've seen so far is a bit apocalytic, I think. AP doesn't sell Google its "state wire" with local news that originates from our papers, so that traffic isn't affected. Neither is organic search. What changes is that Google News readers won't click on one of the multiple newspaper sources previously listed by Google News for basic AP content. That's better for readers, isn't a big traffic source for us, and could even clear the way for better display and availability of the genuinely unique material newspaper websites feature. Anybody whose business plan revolves around drive-by traffic from incidental links to generic AP stories is in deeper trouble than this post suggests. While there are likely to be some yet-unknown implications to the Google/news service deal, this post and most of the commentary I’ve seen so far is a bit apocalytic, I think.

AP doesn’t sell Google its “state wire” with local news that originates from our papers, so that traffic isn’t affected. Neither is organic search.

What changes is that Google News readers won’t click on one of the multiple newspaper sources previously listed by Google News for basic AP content. That’s better for readers, isn’t a big traffic source for us, and could even clear the way for better display and availability of the genuinely unique material newspaper websites feature.

Anybody whose business plan revolves around drive-by traffic from incidental links to generic AP stories is in deeper trouble than this post suggests.

]]> By: Steve Boriss http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Steve Boriss Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:29:57 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1921 Dan, See my post "<a href="http://thefutureofnews.com/2007/09/02/google-deal-uncovers-truth-that-ap-is-now-a-competitor-to-newspapers-and-papers-are-suckers-for-being-members-of-it/" rel="nofollow">Google deal uncovers truth that AP is now a competitor to newspapers, and papers are suckers for being members of it</a>" at <a href="http://www.thefutureofnews.com" rel="nofollow">The Future of News</a>. (Steve Boriss) Dan,
See my post “Google deal uncovers truth that AP is now a competitor to newspapers, and papers are suckers for being members of it”
at The Future of News.
(Steve Boriss)

]]> By: Deep Jive Interests » Google News Vindicates Conspiracy Theorists: To (Re)Publish and Host News! http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Deep Jive Interests » Google News Vindicates Conspiracy Theorists: To (Re)Publish and Host News! Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:55:49 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1918 [...] Dan Gillmor’s thoughts on this irony echo mine (albeit in much more succinct way) [...] [...] Dan Gillmor’s thoughts on this irony echo mine (albeit in much more succinct way) [...]

]]> By: Google and the wires torpedo newspapers » mathewingram.com/media http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Google and the wires torpedo newspapers » mathewingram.com/media Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:25:29 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1920 [...] rely on wire copy to fill both their virtual and their real pages. Dan Gillmor’s thoughts are here. google, news, newspapers | Share [...] [...] rely on wire copy to fill both their virtual and their real pages. Dan Gillmor’s thoughts are here. google, news, newspapers | Share [...]

]]> By: Google and the wires torpedo newspapers » mathewingram.com/work http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Google and the wires torpedo newspapers » mathewingram.com/work Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:23:32 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/01/google-now-officially-competing-with-newspapers-so-is-ap/#comment-1919 [...] rely on wire copy to fill both their virtual and their real pages. Dan Gillmor’s thoughts are here. Google, news, newspapers | Share This | Related [...] [...] rely on wire copy to fill both their virtual and their real pages. Dan Gillmor’s thoughts are here. Google, news, newspapers | Share This | Related [...]

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