February 15, 2020
Google to license Mainstream News
Timothy Birdnow
Hmm. I find this quite interesting.
Apparently Google is thinking about paying news organizations for content.
From the article:
This means they will place legacy media news in prime position and spike news sources that cannot afford to pay - meaning the largely volunteer conservative citizen journalists.
In my humble opinion this is a backdoor way to shut our side out of the debate.
Hmm. I find this quite interesting.
Apparently Google is thinking about paying news organizations for content.
From the article:
A licensing deal would likely be welcomed by news organizations that contend Google derives profits from ads alongside their news articles, including "snippets" in search results.
Contacted by AFP Friday, Google indicated it is seeking new ways to help publishers.
"We want to help people find quality journalism—it's important to informed democracy and helps support a sustainable news industry," Google vice president of news Richard Gingras said in a statement.
I'll bet they do!This means they will place legacy media news in prime position and spike news sources that cannot afford to pay - meaning the largely volunteer conservative citizen journalists.
In my humble opinion this is a backdoor way to shut our side out of the debate.
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First Amendment rights for me but not for thee, in other words. Yep, that's what the Left has increasingly been trying to get. How DARE those on the Right attempt to steer the conversation?
Speaking of which, Tim, I wish (and so do you, I'm sure) there were a way to block from this site commentors who are trying to sell stuff -- the latest being those long ads for Oxycontin -- or at least a way to remove them. We've discussed that and you've said there's no way to get rid of them without crashing the site. Can you get the Sitemaster to post a statement about comments being ONLY for non-commercial use, at least?
Speaking of which, Tim, I wish (and so do you, I'm sure) there were a way to block from this site commentors who are trying to sell stuff -- the latest being those long ads for Oxycontin -- or at least a way to remove them. We've discussed that and you've said there's no way to get rid of them without crashing the site. Can you get the Sitemaster to post a statement about comments being ONLY for non-commercial use, at least?
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at February 15, 2020 11:31 AM (rIYC+)
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Dana, since my e-mail is down I'm pretty much unable to work with Pixie on this. I know; they are really starting to bug me. I tried to block them myself but was unable to do it. If you would like, try going into the editor and see if you can figure anything out - you are much better at this than I.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at February 15, 2020 12:33 PM (ikPay)
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