What's a Fair Share In the Age of Google?

Columbia Journalism Review by Peter Osnos | Jul. 15, 2009 (Special Report)

The buzz inside Google is overwhelmingly positive about what the company does and how we will all benefit from the results—including the embattled denizens of newspapers and magazines who increasingly see Google as an enabler of their demise. Barely a decade ago, Google received its first $25 million investment, based on search technology developed by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, the company’s cofounders. By the time it went public just five years ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 14, 2009 - 3:52 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Calvin Loh (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Jul. 16, 2009

Thoughtful analysis about the role which Google plays in the link economy, with observations on how it could help support news organizations - and become 'as much a source of solutions as it is a part of the problem.'

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Calvin Loh
3.0
 by Calvin Loh - Jul. 15, 2009

Peter Osnos wrote: "The rules of the road for distributing traffic on the Internet need to include recognition, in simple terms, of who got the story. The algorithm needs human help; otherwise, valuable traffic goes to sites that didn’t pay to create the content." In theory, based on Google's what their chief engineer Matt Cutts says on his blog, "... if you do syndicate content, make sure that you include a link to the original content. That will help ensure that the original ... More »

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