MediaNews, others and Yahoo come together ...

[Claws for Concern]

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4689818

 

[leo1]

interesting.

 

[PeteyPirate]

This sets up the rest of the media consolidation nicely.

 

[Left_Coast]

When can we expect the first job cuts from Lean Dean?

 

[rpmmutant]

When can we expect the first job cuts from Lean Dean?

Don't even joke about that. Some of us still work for Lean Dean. And things are a little unstable to say the least. :-\

 

[daemon]

In my opinion, this is the future of newspapers.

Because newspapers didn't have the foresight to form this sort of partnership themselves and allowed Yahoo and Google to essentially invent their own market, I think this sort of arrangement will be commonplace. Essentially, we have reached a fourth dimenson of media conglomeration.

In 20 years, 90 percent of the world's information will be owned by either Yahoo or Google.

It makes sense: they've always needed content, but for years, we've been allowing them to steal it via search engines. Now, finally, newspapers might be getting their piece of the pie.

 

[805atHeart]

When can we expect the first job cuts from Lean Dean?

Don't even joke about that. Some of us still work for Lean Dean. And things are a little unstable to say the least. :-\

Seriously. Myself and a close friend of mine are at nearby, different MediaNews shops. To say the least, we're both looking over our shoulders daily waiting for the axe to fall.

 

[Left_Coast]

Look at Dean's history. The axe will fall in many places. Sorry. It's what he does.