Google Makes Peace With Media Companies

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Google is bringing some of the biggest media companies into its camp and sharing revenue with them, after drawing their ire last year with moves to search video and books, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Google's improved relationships with media and entertainment companies reflects the confidence those companies have gained in online distribution in the past year, amid rapid growth in Americans' consumption of Web video and other Internet content. But just as importantly, it illustrates a coming of age in Google's approach to the owners of content it wants to search.' Google has hired executives from the media world to conduct the negotiations. One of them, David Eun, formerly of Time Warner and NBC, said, 'The biggest challenge is explaining to them we're friend and not foe.'" Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Fun With Corporations!

[SuperBanana]

Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?

Okeedokey, smokey. (Seriously, "google" as a verb annoyed the bejezus out of me).

BUT! I hereby nominate "Don't Do Evil" as the new way to mockingly refer to ANY corporate misdoings. Let's see how they like that!

Googling no more....

[McFortner]

[Quote]"Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?"[/quote]

Yep, it gives them a major headache having their name used as a generic term. Then they have to take several Asprin for it. It is the kind of hurt a kiss and a Band-Aid from Mom can't fix. We just have to stop being so Mickey Mouse about it....

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[fabu10u$]

Just don't use google as a verb. Pretty please?

Ah, but you forgot... it's Google(tm) with a capital G and a silent (tm).