Media executives rip into Google

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Danny Sanchez

A panel of leading media executives took a combative tone against search engines during a panel discussion at the 56th annual National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Reuters reports.

“The Googles of the world, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux nation,” Time Warner Inc. Chief Executive Richard Parsons said.

“They will lose this war if they go to war,” Parsons added, “The notion that the new kids on the block have taken over is a false notion.”

Them’s fightin’ words. See the full report here.

About Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez is the Audience Development Manager at Tribune's Sun-Sentinel.com and OrlandoSentinel.com. Danny has been with Tribune since 2005 in a variety of editorial, digital and product development roles in Hartford, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. He has also previously worked in the newsrooms of the Tampa Bay Times and The Miami Herald.
This entry was posted in search engines. Bookmark the permalink.

3 Responses to "Media executives rip into Google"

  • By Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Declaring war May 10, 2007 - 1:49 am

    […] Sanchez passes along this, in his post Media executives rip into Google: A panel of leading media executives took a combative tone against search engines during a panel […]

  • By Angela Grant May 10, 2007 - 11:33 am

    Waaaah! Cry babies.

  • By Sean Blanda May 10, 2007 - 7:57 pm

    Something tells me Google is the cool thing to scapegoat for just about every industry…