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more about #larrykramer more comments → macbeach: I watched the whole (3 hours I think) hearing mentioned in Rich's article. I'm pretty sure they were passing a joint when the camera wasn't on them: ... more » MrInBetween: Information doesn't want to be free. Some people pay big money for information, if they're conditioned to do so. Some people happily pay $5000 a year ... more » iplaudius: Google does play some pay-for-play games with businesses. Let’s say you own an electronics business, Sonic Electronix. When people Google the exact ... more » oneinsixbillion: "Information wants to be free" is a crock of shit. What doesn't want to be free? Bottom line is journalism is not a charity, it's a business. The medi... more » Pope John Peeps II: Tell that to to CNET News, the tech news site which has won awards for its reporting. Owen, tech reporting isn't reporting. Get serious. It's trade re... more » Perhaps Not: I will say that almost nobody, only a little print journalism but nobody at all in the Web World, pays for overseas correspondents to cover wars and f... more » Nic Fit: Thanks Owen. Both Frank Rich's and Maureen Dowd's columns yesterday were utterly ridiculous. It's like when the music industry was saying that no one ... more » ADismalScience: We live in a world where credit is a utility. Why not search? The Times should lobby for Google to be nationalized. Then, once nationalization is a... more » -
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How to Pry Money Out of Google
The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More »
