Google CEO predicts paid content won’t work

Eric Schmidt told Rupert Murdoch that going behind a pay wall (as Murdoch says he'll do with News Corp. properties) will fail because there is simply too much free content online. Though skeptical, Google is still trying to partner with publishers to find a solution to the business-model problem. You can read the post on PaidContent.org here…….Continue Reading Google CEO predicts paid content won’t work

The Etiquette of American Politics

South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson has been admonished for yelling “You lie” during President Obama’s health care speech, an outburst that startled many Americans and which others connected to this summer’s rowdy town hall behavior. However, in the United Kingdom the political process is routinely more raucous. Is American the land of polite politics… and is that changing? “There are differences in style between U.S. and U.K. political discourse,” says USC Annenberg communication professor and CCLP faculty fellow Tom Hollihan (pictured), author of Uncivil Wars: Political Campaigns in a Media Age…….Continue Reading The Etiquette of American Politics