Comments on: GnewYorkTimes? http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/ Yeah. This'd be the ticket... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Now Google’s Really Gotta Buy the New York Times. Or Something. « Um. http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-54 Now Google’s Really Gotta Buy the New York Times. Or Something. « Um. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:16:46 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-54 [...] the New York Times. Or Something. Jump to Comments About three weeks ago, Um was all about pushing Google (why was that blog allowed to lapse?) to acquire the New York Times, an action that, if [...] [...] the New York Times. Or Something. Jump to Comments About three weeks ago, Um was all about pushing Google (why was that blog allowed to lapse?) to acquire the New York Times, an action that, if [...]

]]> By: Here Come the Denials! « Um. http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-22 Here Come the Denials! « Um. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:35:09 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-22 [...] Yet. [...] [...] Yet. [...]

]]> By: More Spe-g-ulation… « Um. http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-21 More Spe-g-ulation… « Um. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:27:04 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-21 [...] piece is a near-echo (with maybe a bit more in the hard numbers department) of the one that John Ellis of RealClearMarkets wrote last week, including the questions he offers about the motivations for [...] [...] piece is a near-echo (with maybe a bit more in the hard numbers department) of the one that John Ellis of RealClearMarkets wrote last week, including the questions he offers about the motivations for [...]

]]> By: kellis http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-17 kellis Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:52:34 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-17 i dunno if i'd call google agressive. just smart and opportunistic. i dunno if i’d call google agressive. just smart and opportunistic.

]]> By: kanin http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-16 kanin Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:14:53 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-16 I'd guess that it's more about being sensational. Maybe a slow news day? Though, considering the scope of the site, you'd think that wouldn't be the case. Good point about Murdoch and the Times. Still, it's fun to have a bad guy. And he plays the role SO well--which brings up a fair question about my take on Google: NYT acquisition rumors aside, there can be no doubt the the G-People are acquiring web stuffs, and I think that it's fair to classify their efforts as aggressive. I know one or two librarians that are kinda sketched by this. And by kinda I mean that they would prolly be bummed about any sort of heroic casting on my part. I’d guess that it’s more about being sensational. Maybe a slow news day? Though, considering the scope of the site, you’d think that wouldn’t be the case.

Good point about Murdoch and the Times. Still, it’s fun to have a bad guy. And he plays the role SO well–which brings up a fair question about my take on Google: NYT acquisition rumors aside, there can be no doubt the the G-People are acquiring web stuffs, and I think that it’s fair to classify their efforts as aggressive.

I know one or two librarians that are kinda sketched by this. And by kinda I mean that they would prolly be bummed about any sort of heroic casting on my part.

]]> By: mca04 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-15 mca04 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:02:28 +0000 http://pundor.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/gnewyorktimes/#comment-15 I dunno...it seems to me like Mr. Ellis doesn't have a very good understanding of the media or advertising world or is just looking to be a bit sensational. I wouldn't worry too much about either Google or Murdoch buying the NYT. A) Google is not in the content creation business and I don't think they want to be. Their current business model works well because as long as people use the web - regardless of the sites they go to - Google makes money. It doesn't make sense, in my opinion for them to become a vertical media company. B) I think that Murdoch has his hands full with the WSJ for the time being. The author's suggestion that the acquisiton of Dow Jones was to have a "weapon" to get his real object of desire, the NYT, seems a bit.....silly. If Murdoch really just wanted the NYT, and if it's that cheap, he could figure out a much easier way to get it. I dunno…it seems to me like Mr. Ellis doesn’t have a very good understanding of the media or advertising world or is just looking to be a bit sensational. I wouldn’t worry too much about either Google or Murdoch buying the NYT. A) Google is not in the content creation business and I don’t think they want to be. Their current business model works well because as long as people use the web – regardless of the sites they go to – Google makes money. It doesn’t make sense, in my opinion for them to become a vertical media company. B) I think that Murdoch has his hands full with the WSJ for the time being. The author’s suggestion that the acquisiton of Dow Jones was to have a “weapon” to get his real object of desire, the NYT, seems a bit…..silly. If Murdoch really just wanted the NYT, and if it’s that cheap, he could figure out a much easier way to get it.

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