‘Blame Google’ campaign in Print community hits Indian shores

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Print community in the US has been blaming Google for their downfall. Now this fever has hit the Indian shores. Aroon Purie, chairman and editor-in-chief at The India Today Group, recently said they would not invest anymore in the digital space. I think they do see the importance of the internet, ...

Newspapers, wire services, online publishers: It’s all war

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Publishers like AP etc etc are asking for a revenue share from Google, bloggers and aggregators. But then Google,bloggers could also come back and ask the publisher to share revenue from the traffic generated by them (Google). There is no end to this sharing business.

Can techies save newspapers from shutting down?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

These days you read a lot about US newspapers considering to shutdown or "reinvent" themselves. What if The New York Times goes out of business? Seattle Paper Advances Plans to Turn Into Online-Only Publication Bring On The Techies: How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers