Joey said: …and the print folks are winning at hyperlocal. Seems surprising that Silicon Valley can't do the internet right. Example of print as a luxury good? Added: February 28, 2010 at 12:02AM EST
Joey said: This, this is why industry dies. They stop innovating because they let the bean counters get in the way. Business works because people love a product. Make it all about the money, and you've doomed yourself to eventual failure. Quote:
And now here we are. Right here in your own backyard, an American company creates a brilliant phone, and that company hands it to you, and gives you an exclusive deal to carry it — and all you guys can do is complain about how much people want to use it. You, Randall Stephenson, and your lazy stupid company — you are the problem. You are what’s wrong with this country.Added: December 14, 2009 at 9:04PM EST
Joey said: As if the LAT redesign wasn’t ugly enough, they go and publish this: a declaration that the newspaper business is sacred, and a call for a congress to intervene on behalf of the fourth estate.
"If the 1st Amendment is to mean anything, Congress has to suspend antitrust rules for the newspaper industry so publishers can determine as a group how much to charge for online content."
…just… wow. The arrogance. Oh the arrogance. Added: August 23, 2009 at 12:30AM EDT