Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Old Media vs. New Media
The social media uber-blog Mashable responds to Rupert Murdoch's floated idea to hook up with Microsoft to take out Google's indexing of Newscorp sites.
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Obviously, given my day job, I won't comment fully. However, there are two undeniable truths here: As Mashable states, "No, the future is in the web, fast-paced blogs, and social media. The future is in companies that realize that news a day old is, well, a day old. The future is in information discovery, not in hiding content.
On the other hand, Murdoch's gut has taken him very far, whether in creating a fourth broadcast network, getting the rights to NFL football or creating the Fox News Channel. He may have completely misread this idea on what to do with Google and other news aggregators. But, his track record suggests he might not.
As the saying goes: We'll see.
Labels: Google, Microsoft, Rupert Murdoch, social media
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Democrats In A Landslide
So says this guy:
Noted without comment.
UPDATE: A discussion of the Murdoch bombshell.
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"You have got the Obama phenomenon. You have got, undoubtedly, a recession
... The average American is really getting hurt financially and that all bodes
well for him (Obama)," Murdoch said.
"You have probably the making of a complete phenomenon in this country," Murdoch said in describing what he predicted will be a sweeping victory for Democrats in November.
Noted without comment.
UPDATE: A discussion of the Murdoch bombshell.
Labels: Barack Obama, Democrats, Rupert Murdoch
Monday, June 25, 2007
Rupert's Rise
The New York Times profiles the Murdoch media empire.
Noted without comment.
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Noted without comment.
Labels: New York Times, Rupert Murdoch
Monday, June 04, 2007
Fear Of A Mack Planet
Gawker comes up with brilliant, if demented, 20-year cultural reference to explain the News Corp-Dow Jones deal.
What's rather ironic about this idea is News Corp., obviously, owns Fox News Channel which featured Chuck D as one of its original "contributors" (he was sort of the J.J. Johnson of FNC back in the day). Fox did this even despite Chuck's long-standing claim that "Rap is CNN for black people." Once upon a time, I would have dared make the alternate correlation that FOX is rap for white people -- but not now.
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What's rather ironic about this idea is News Corp., obviously, owns Fox News Channel which featured Chuck D as one of its original "contributors" (he was sort of the J.J. Johnson of FNC back in the day). Fox did this even despite Chuck's long-standing claim that "Rap is CNN for black people." Once upon a time, I would have dared make the alternate correlation that FOX is rap for white people -- but not now.
Labels: Gawker, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch
Thursday, May 10, 2007
End of An Era
Tony Blair announces that June 27th will be his last day as Prime Minister.
There is an element of poetic irony in the PM career of Blair: He came into office viewed as a Clinton-like politician who revitalized "New Labor." He leaves tied at the ideological -- and "popularity" -- hip with Clinton's successor George W. Bush, because of Iraq.
On a marginally related note, the man whose swing away a decade ago from the Tories and toward Labor helped usher in the Blair era, explains his plan to make his media company carbon-neutral.
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There is an element of poetic irony in the PM career of Blair: He came into office viewed as a Clinton-like politician who revitalized "New Labor." He leaves tied at the ideological -- and "popularity" -- hip with Clinton's successor George W. Bush, because of Iraq.
On a marginally related note, the man whose swing away a decade ago from the Tories and toward Labor helped usher in the Blair era, explains his plan to make his media company carbon-neutral.
Labels: Bill Clinton, Iraq, Rupert Murdoch, Tony Blair
