Comments on: Mondo media http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Abundo http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349322 Mike Abundo Sat, 05 May 2007 07:36:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349322 Thank God <a href="http://mikeabundo.com/2007/05/05/microsoft-fails-to-buy-yahoo-again/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo failed to buy Microsoft</a>. Thank God Yahoo failed to buy Microsoft.

]]> By: Britt Blaser http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349313 Britt Blaser Fri, 04 May 2007 21:01:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349313 When I was a real estate developer, pillaging the landscape and reaping the rewards, we had a saying: "When considering a deal, remember that changing the name on the deed leaves the underlying weaknesses intact." When I was a real estate developer, pillaging the landscape and reaping the rewards, we had a saying:

“When considering a deal, remember that changing the name on the deed leaves the underlying weaknesses intact.”

]]> By: Will Microsoft buy Yahoo? Stay tuned for the battle of the Titans is on « PodTech Network http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349310 Will Microsoft buy Yahoo? Stay tuned for the battle of the Titans is on « PodTech Network Fri, 04 May 2007 19:39:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349310 [...] without turning its neck twice (looking back at the PC) is not that easy,” he writes. And at BuzzMachine Jeff Jarvits states: “I don’t see what Microsoft bring to Yahoo or vice versa in strategic [...] [...] without turning its neck twice (looking back at the PC) is not that easy,” he writes. And at BuzzMachine Jeff Jarvits states: “I don’t see what Microsoft bring to Yahoo or vice versa in strategic [...]

]]> By: John Furrier http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349306 John Furrier Fri, 04 May 2007 19:04:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349306 The big picture is that we are seeing the war of the titans in tech. Keys to Micrsoft have always been: developers, the operating system, corporations/users. Now with the net as the operating system Micrsoft will be porting their developer community over to software/media as a service, the net is the OS, and yahoo has millions and millions of users (internet buyers) The big picture is that we are seeing the war of the titans in tech. Keys to Micrsoft have always been: developers, the operating system, corporations/users. Now with the net as the operating system Micrsoft will be porting their developer community over to software/media as a service, the net is the OS, and yahoo has millions and millions of users (internet buyers)

]]> By: Alex Hammer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349303 Alex Hammer Fri, 04 May 2007 18:20:25 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349303 Also, under "things are getting crazy all over", Drudge Report links to exclusive that Microsoft moving closer to purchasing Yahoo!. How that would rework the landscape!! Also, under “things are getting crazy all over”, Drudge Report links to exclusive that Microsoft moving closer to purchasing Yahoo!. How that would rework the landscape!!

]]> By: Alex Hammer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349302 Alex Hammer Fri, 04 May 2007 18:18:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349302 What I liked best was Reuters writing a news story about the offer for their company, and then reporting in the story who it is rumored to be! We covered that article today. Not an easy situation, I'm sure, to be in if you are the reporter doing that story for Reuters! What I liked best was Reuters writing a news story about the offer for their company, and then reporting in the story who it is rumored to be!

We covered that article today.

Not an easy situation, I’m sure, to be in if you are the reporter doing that story for Reuters!

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349300 Robert Feinman Fri, 04 May 2007 16:37:42 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349300 Jeff: You always minimize the implications that consolidation has on the free flow of information. Treating the (news) media as part of the entertainment industry or as just a business to make a profit from ignores its crucial role in keeping a democracy functioning. Recent events should be a reminder as to what sorts of mischief can happen when the media fails to do an adequate job of reporting and questioning those in power. This goes beyond the obvious stories like the run up to the war in Iraq, but includes the poor reporting in the business press that gave us Enron and its fellows as well as the distortions in health and environment stories starting with the rise in HIV, bird flu and SARS through climate change. I know you have great faith in "the people", but 99% of online material is derived from traditional sources like daily newspapers and wire services. Others just don't have the resources, access or time to dig for stories. Until the online media matures to where it can actually take the place of print and broadcast as a primary news source consolidation can only be bad for democracy and the free flow of information. Jeff:
You always minimize the implications that consolidation has on the free flow of information.

Treating the (news) media as part of the entertainment industry or as just a business to make a profit from ignores its crucial role in keeping a democracy functioning. Recent events should be a reminder as to what sorts of mischief can happen when the media fails to do an adequate job of reporting and questioning those in power.

This goes beyond the obvious stories like the run up to the war in Iraq, but includes the poor reporting in the business press that gave us Enron and its fellows as well as the distortions in health and environment stories starting with the rise in HIV, bird flu and SARS through climate change.

I know you have great faith in “the people”, but 99% of online material is derived from traditional sources like daily newspapers and wire services. Others just don’t have the resources, access or time to dig for stories.

Until the online media matures to where it can actually take the place of print and broadcast as a primary news source consolidation can only be bad for democracy and the free flow of information.

]]> By: shawnpetriw http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349298 shawnpetriw Fri, 04 May 2007 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349298 Doesn't Microsoft have enough on its plate? How are they going to handle even more confusion and distraction. They can't strategize their way out of a paper bag. Everything they do (except for Windows and Office, monopolies created a decade ago) loose money. I invite everyone to read <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q2.07/1F637A5F-21F3-45FB-A31A-3485952C05A7.html" rel="nofollow">this </a>roughly drafted piece and then imagine what happens should MicroHoo happen. Doesn’t Microsoft have enough on its plate? How are they going to handle even more confusion and distraction. They can’t strategize their way out of a paper bag. Everything they do (except for Windows and Office, monopolies created a decade ago) loose money.

I invite everyone to read this roughly drafted piece and then imagine what happens should MicroHoo happen.

]]> By: Paul Jacobson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349296 Paul Jacobson Fri, 04 May 2007 16:10:10 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/05/04/mondo-media/#comment-349296 If the Microsoft-Yahoo! deal happens I would love to see how it will be structured. Will Yahoo! be absorbed into Microsoft or will they retain their identities? I would imagine that each would retain its identity and branding although they would be working a heck of a lot closer together. Would there then be a sort of arms race? Will Google go out and buy someone? If the Microsoft-Yahoo! deal happens I would love to see how it will be structured. Will Yahoo! be absorbed into Microsoft or will they retain their identities? I would imagine that each would retain its identity and branding although they would be working a heck of a lot closer together. Would there then be a sort of arms race? Will Google go out and buy someone?

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