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What's Really Behind the Rupe-a-Dope With Google and Microsoft? Here Are Five Possibilities!

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2009 at 4:34 pm PT

There certainly is a lot of noisy swirl of late around the escalating fight between Google and some traditional media companies over content online. The loudest voice in this fight has clearly been News Corp. kingpin Rupert Murdoch, who seemingly has not met a television interviewer of late he did not regale with tales of the search giant’s nefariousness. Murdoch has also tried to get Google’s biggest nemesis, Microsoft, involved in what has become a wrestling match over the future of news. But what’s really happening here? Here are five possibilities to consider.

The AP Tries a “Truthiness” Approach: “We’re Not Talking to Google” Means “We’re Talking to Google”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm PT

Associated Press CEO Tom Curley told a group of journalists this week that his company isn’t talking to Google about renewing its licensing deal. But they have been talking for months and talked again this week.

The AP Fires Back at Obama Poster Maker Shepard Fairey

Peter Kafka in Media on March 11, 2009 at 10:54 am PT

The AP fires back at Shepard Fairey, the artist whose iconic Obama poster riffs off (or rips off, depending on your perspective) one of its photos. Click through for the court filing, and a handy picture gallery.