For anyone who has ever had a fight with their cable company. Okay, that has to be everyone. And for anyone who would prefer ip based content only, and that includes TV, for their digital signage. You'll like this article! Apple May Be On The Verge Of Kneecapping The Cable Industry. Finally..
More on Murdoch and the "parasites" at Google, etc...
“Apparently, some in the old media have decided that it is, in fact, an either/or game and that the best way to save, if not journalism, at least themselves, is by pointing fingers and calling names,” she said. “In most industries, if your customers were leaving in droves, you would try to figure out what to do to get them back.”
Will blocking your product from reaching the masses garner you more clients? Seems counter intuitive to me.
via Huffington To Murdoch: Stop ‘Pointing Fingers’ | paidContent.
Thanks You! Seth's Blog: Rupert Murdoch has it backwards
Earlier today I touched on this with Microsoft trying to control the market but as always Seth has nailed it from Murdoch's side. It seems to me that Microsoft and Murdoch are cornered and playing desperation games. This isn't a strategy, this is knee jerk panic reaction.
Interesting headline:
Microsoft may pay News Corp. to delist from Google | Search - InfoWorld.
Which could have been written:
Microsoft may buy news from News Corp
One implies control of the market and the other implies valuing and purchasing the product that is for sale.
I'm all for paying for content. Content producers, artists and others need to be supported for all of us to benefit from their work. If they can't support themselves, they can't produce the content we all want to see.
However, the sale of content should not create a monopoly for the sole purpose of manipulating the market. If content is to be sold, it should be sold freely with no preferential treatment given to one vendor over another.
In this age of transparency trying to control a content source versus providing a better product or service to get access to, or to support content, is never going to work. Let's hope the headline should have read:
Microsoft may buy news from News Corp
Byron Darlison