On the opinion page of 12.3.09 WSJ, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google wrote an article titled How Google Can Help Newpapers. This piece adds some more detail to his vision for what the news landscape is going to look like. Following is an excerp: It's the year 2015. the compact device in my hand delivers me the world, one newspaper at a time. I flip through my favorite newspapers and magazines, the images as crisp as in print, without a maddening wait for each page to load.
Even better, the device knows who I am, what I like and what I have already read. So while I get all the news and comment, I also see stories tailored for my interests. I zip through a health story in the Wall Street Journal and a piece about Irac from Egypt's Al Gomburia, translated automatically from Arabic to English. I tap my finger on the screen, telling the computer brains underneath it got this suggestion right...
Schmidt concludes the article by saying, "I certainly don't believe the Internet will mean the death of news. Through innovation and technology, it can endure with newfound profitability and vitality. Video didn't kill the radio star. It created a whole new additional industry."
Since Google is getting much of the blame from frustrated newspaper executives, Schmidt's position is somewhat self serving but it makes a lot of sense and is consistent with the logic Jeff Jarvis lays out in his book. Jack Paolin
On the opinion page of 12.3.09 WSJ, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google wrote an article titled How Google Can Help Newpapers. This piece adds some more detail to his vision for what the news landscape is going to look like. Following is an excerp:
ReplyDeleteIt's the year 2015. the compact device in my hand delivers me the world, one newspaper at a time. I flip through my favorite newspapers and magazines, the images as crisp as in print, without a maddening wait for each page to load.
Even better, the device knows who I am, what I like and what I have already read. So while I get all the news and comment, I also see stories tailored for my interests. I zip through a health story in the Wall Street Journal and a piece about Irac from Egypt's Al Gomburia, translated automatically from Arabic to English. I tap my finger on the screen, telling the computer brains underneath it got this suggestion right...
Schmidt concludes the article by saying, "I certainly don't believe the Internet will mean the death of news. Through innovation and technology, it can endure with newfound profitability and vitality. Video didn't kill the radio star. It created a whole new additional industry."
Since Google is getting much of the blame from frustrated newspaper executives, Schmidt's position is somewhat self serving but it makes a lot of sense and is consistent with the logic Jeff Jarvis lays out in his book.
Jack Paolin