3 posts and columns on Josh Cohen

Who’s Going to Make Your News? And Who’s Going to Pay Them?

in Media on February 16, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Who’s going to bring you your news in a couple of years: The likes of the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal? Or someone whose tweets have been picked up by Google News? All of the above, likely. If you want to see this question get hashed out at length, check out this video, which features reps from the Times, the Journal, Google and AOL back-and-forthing for an hour-plus.

A Very Short List: Publishers That Have Actually Told Google to Take a Hike

in Media on December 21, 2009 at 8:08 am PT

Publishers love to gripe about Google. But they almost never, ever, do the one thing that could put their money where their mouth is: Tell the search giant to leave them out of its results.
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Mr. Murdoch (and the Rest of News Corp.) Go to Washington

in Media on December 1, 2009 at 5:22 am PT

Another day, another “future of journalism” panel. Actually, this one, hosted by the Federal Trade Commission, is a two-day event, which is enough time to hear from three different News Corp. executives.
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