MSFT copyright blast at GOOG explained: Teaming with AP and thousands of newspaper sites
By Tom Foremski - March 6, 2007
Andy Plesser over at Beet. TV interviewed Jim Kathman, head of AP's global broadcast strategy:
The Associated Press, the world's largest news organization, and Microsoft have developed an online video platform for thousands of U.S. newspapers, television and radio stations to upload, publish and monetize locally-created video.
The new system is in beta tests with some 30 newspaper publishers and broadcasters including The Miami Herald, the Houston Chronicle and the Rocky Mountain News. The program will go live in about 30 days.
MSFT's attack on Google's use and interpretation of copyright makes lots of sense considering the upcoming launch of this service.
But can MSFT get more revenues to the publishers than Google? Google's AdSense advertising network for publishers does not pay much, but can MSFT make sure publisher's get more revenue?
MSFT could offer 100 percent to publishers in order to lure them away from AdSense. We might even get into an advertising war in which MSFT or GOOG, or YHOO offer 125 percent or more... MSFT has a ton of cash--this would be a quick way to buy large market share.
By Tom Foremski - March 6, 2007 | Permalink | Comment
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Comments (1)
Enemy's enemy an ally?
Steve Ballmer acknowledged embracing advertising as a business model is of primary concern to MSFT.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7b5fd026-aff6-11db-94ab-0000779e2340.html
Posted: March 7, 2007 11:28 AM