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Friday, 11th June 2010

Google’s Dominance in Online Search and Advertising Might Be Factor in Real Journalism Crisis: How To Monetize Content

Google’s Dominance in Online Search and Advertising Might Be Factor in Real Journalism Crisis: How To Monetize Content

Much of the recent activity by the Federal Communications Commission, Congress, and other government agencies to solve the “crisis” over the future of journalism misses the point, says a noted communications attorney in an issue paper released today by The Media Institute.

“The ‘crisis’ faced by the media industry does not arise from audiences turning away from journalism. The audience is here, and it’s growing. Instead, the challenge is to monetize news content in the new digital environment, ” according to Kurt Wimmer, a partner at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C.

In today’s digital world, says Wimmer, those who create journalism content are not the only ones “monetizing” that content (i.e., making money from it). That’s being done by search engines, content aggregators, and others with targeted advertising models based on the content of other producers.

At a time when one entity controls access to content for virtually three out of every four Americans, Wimmer argues that it is time for the Department of Justice to review the impact of Google’s dominance in online search and advertising.

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