View Full Version : Google News Brazil in Trouble
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20018221
Newspapers accounting for 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News.
Dead tree press have some odd views on online news.
Unsure how chopping google news off can be a positive. Snippets and headlines are traffic generators and not the 'meat' itself.
Dead tree press have some odd views on online news.
Unsure how chopping google news off can be a positive. Snippets and headlines are traffic generators and not the 'meat' itself.
You say that but they are rich and powerful, have great branding, and will likely outlive all members here despite the fact that we are more modern.
I'm guessing it's a negotiating tactic - ultimately Google is going to be forced to subsidise these guys somehow.
The same thing may happen in France:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/google-threatens-to-cut-french-media-out-of-news-search/
and possibly Germany too:
http://gigaom.com/europe/google-lashes-out-at-german-copyright-threat/
Some do, some dont.
The Guardian is now a bigger 'brand' online than off, as is the Daily Mail. Inside 5 years it wouldnt surprise me to see both go entirely online - and global.
News consumption has and is changing, do people on here go to 'brands' for news or do they actively interact/search for topics of interest?
Filters at the moment seem to be the best bet eg. Reddit.com , but less cats ;)
crabfoot
01-11-12, 10:06 PM
There's also the consideration that there are a couple of very strong independent suppliers of news in Portuguese ... strong enough to compete successfully with Google (they have to be weak in some areas).
I hate reading the daily mail, rubbish story's love making something big out of nothing, so anti military
GreyWing
04-11-12, 09:20 PM
The Guardian is now a bigger 'brand' online than off, as is the Daily Mail. Inside 5 years it wouldnt surprise me to see both go entirely online - and global.
Word is the Guardian maybe bankrupt within a year, if that happens the only bit left will be the online section. The print part will certainly go.
Had a good chat earlier with a media type, 4-5 years timeframes inside industry to change.
Journalists being fired right left & centre and being replaced with 'content generators' on £17k pa.
Thats a big UK newspaper group.
crabfoot
09-11-12, 12:06 PM
Word is the Guardian maybe bankrupt within a year
The Guardian doesn't make money anyway, and it hasn't for years. The money to prop it up comes from Auto Trader ...
The dispute continues in France - Google offered 50 million Euro whilst newspapers want 100 million Euro:
http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/21/report-google-made-e50-million-copyright-offer-french-publishers-want-e100-million/
Google also paid off Belgian newspapers to the tune of $6 million:
http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/13/did-google-pay-belgian-newspapers-a-6m-copyright-fee-sure-looks-like-it/
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