Google Makes Peace With Media Companies 67
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Google is bringing some of the biggest media companies into its camp and sharing revenue with them, after drawing their ire last year with moves to search video and books, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Google's improved relationships with media and entertainment companies reflects the confidence those companies have gained in online distribution in the past year, amid rapid growth in Americans' consumption of Web video and other Internet content. But just as importantly, it illustrates a coming of age in Google's approach to the owners of content it wants to search.' Google has hired executives from the media world to conduct the negotiations. One of them, David Eun, formerly of Time Warner and NBC, said, 'The biggest challenge is explaining to them we're friend and not foe.'" Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?
Here everybody (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=g
yaay (Score:1)
Re:yaay (Score:1)
Re:yaay (Score:1)
"Racism - starting at $1 / day." from the friendly folks at ebay...
Re:yaay (Score:2)
Fun With Corporations! (Score:5, Funny)
Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?
Okeedokey, smokey. (Seriously, "google" as a verb annoyed the bejezus out of me).
BUT! I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to ANY corporate misdoings. Let's see how they like that!
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:1)
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:2, Funny)
Why is this "Anonymous Coward" and why is he arguing with himself?
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:3, Funny)
I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to people who cannot properly quote "Do No Evil." [google.com]
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:4, Informative)
Re: (Score:1, Troll)
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:2)
As long as you don't use capitals, and if you do, as long as you put (TM) in the end, you're fine.
Re:Fun With Corporations! (Score:2)
Detecting whether a interviewee has MacOS experience prior to OS X: yell "Frog blast the vent core!" If they run, yes.
That's a really bad test. Not everybody with old-school MacOS skills played Marathon. A better test would be to say "I have a MacTCP control panel that needs configuring."
The Real Napster (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:The Real Napster (Score:3, Informative)
Re:The Real Napster (Score:1)
Try sticking filetype:mp3 on the end of your query.
However, sometimes when searching for lyrics I get a picture of the album at the top of the results with more info about it; I suppose Google could strike up a deal to include links to where to buy the song.
'The biggest challenge...' (Score:2, Insightful)
Considering how much content they have had that they charge for for some time on Google Video, I am suprised. Apple is paving the way, and everyone knows that whatever Google does works (whether it is true or not).
Re:'The biggest challenge...' (Score:1, Interesting)
To what, exactly?
Re:'The biggest challenge...' (Score:5, Insightful)
Great Move by Google (Score:5, Interesting)
If Google can garner a solid relationship with those large media companies, the possibilities for Google to grow are nearly infinite. Many households today do not own a DVR, but imagine how convenient it would be for a typical Joe User to be able to find a clip from CNN he saw earlier and use it for a research project he's working on. Wouldn't it be great if his daughter could find a clip of her favorite program as easily as searching for web pages?
If this relationship can build, this will all be possible. Furthermore, companies that benefit from AdSense will benefit greatly from those types of users. Everybody wins at the end, and Google keeps its "friendly giant" crown it's been holding for years.
No sneaky corpse-beating RIAA lawyers required.
Re:Great Move by Google (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Great Move by Google (Score:2, Funny)
No problem, you just need to the check the Google SafeBootySearch filter.
You mean filesharing, right? (Score:2, Interesting)
"Imagine"? I don't have to imagine it. Napster (the original) was well on its way there. P2P networks are clearly doing this already. In fact, P2P networks distribute content in ways that efficiently spread out distribution cost
Re:You mean filesharing, right? (Score:1)
It is easily arguable that Google is trying to start up some kind of new method of filesharing, but the difference between what Google is trying to do here and what Napster and its contenders intended to do originally is very far apart. What I tried to imply was that if Google can obtain the kind of rights that the media companies are willing to give them, the companies will win tremendously from the services Google provides, especially in advertising. Therefore, Google have enough power to basically contro
Re:Great Move by Google (Score:1)
Googling no more.... (Score:4, Funny)
Yep, it gives them a major headache having their name used as a generic term. Then they have to take several Asprin for it. It is the kind of hurt a kiss and a Band-Aid from Mom can't fix. We just have to stop being so Mickey Mouse about it....
Re:Googling no more.... (Score:1)
This wasn't really funny the five separate times it was posted yesterday to the actual article about their "Google" TM..
More like (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:More like (Score:2)
Basically people are moving away from the traditional distribution channels for media into newer channels and in the process discovering there's more to motion pictures entertainment than the fare produced by the big media companies.
More in general they're mov
Re:More like (Score:2)
I have started to read online newspapers regularly, when I have never had a subscription for a paper newspaper. If there is one thing that bloggs prove, it is that there is a huge market for good content, and media companies can provide that, if they do it well.
This is where the partnership with google comes in well. I think initially they were scared that sites like google news provide links to their competitors as well
I think (Score:2, Insightful)
It's hard to ignore the kind of success they've had.
Trademark Evilness -- not Google. (Score:1, Informative)
Trademark (Score:5, Funny)
Query results skewed more? (Score:4, Interesting)
I swear, Google is starting down the road of becoming less and less relevant. It started with search results placement...What I want is a search engine that can filter out all commercial results and just give me pure, clean information when that's what I am looking for.
No (Score:3, Informative)
That's the road Alta Vista, Excite and many other now forgotten search engines went down to make a quick buck back in the day. Google stubbornly stuck to providing relevant links for their users.
That's why Google is now raking in the billions, and they are very aware of that. There is no way they are going to throw away their biggest competitive advantage for a few lousy
Re:No (Score:2)
http://www.google.com/search?hs=02F&hl=it&client=
First result: "Chinses Fishing Rod", SPONSORED LINK
The hell they don't...
Re:No (Score:2)
You can of course be annoyed at them selling ads and/or placing the ads above the search result. But don't confuse it with selling search results placement.
bah (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:bah (Score:3, Funny)
See, that is what we call a partnership.
=D
Good luck controlling English (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Good luck controlling English (Score:3, Funny)
And why exactly do you need to refer to a googol in front of people ? ... Unless by "people", you're referring to your imaginary math-freak friends :)
Finding TV Ads (Score:2, Funny)
Anybody notice the submitter? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Anybody notice the submitter? (Score:1)
sigh (Score:2)
Reserve the harsh criticism until they actually sue someone.
Google has to make an effort to protect their trademark(even if it means just sending a C&D letter) or they lose it. Period. It wasn't evil, it was responsibility.
Media mafia (Score:1)