#soe09: Google doesn’t need newspapers – but do newspapers need it?
November 17th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Events, Newspapers, Search
Google doesn’t need newspapers – it’s official; but its users do, Matt Brittin, UK director of Google, told the Society of Editors conference today.
Some key points from Brittin:
- “Taking content out of Google news is a political statement (…) but experimentation is good.”
- “One of the reasons we’re working with a lot of publishers is because we passionately believe that the internet needs to have quality content on it.”
- “Does Google need news content to survive in this year? No (…) Economically it’s not a big part of how we generate revenue, but the value of the internet to consumers is all about finding great content online.”
- “We’re a technology company and we’ll try and contribute technology that helps [e.g. Fast Flip, micropayment system] (…) We’re absolutely not [a newspaper company].”
The audio below features Times editor James Harding (first), Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig, and The National editorial director Martin Newland with their opinions on removing content from Google News:
Tags: geordie greig, google, James Harding, Martin Newland, Matt Brittin, Society of Editors, soe, soe09
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