Comments on: AP Exec: "To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We're Stupid" http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/ by Peter Kafka Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Is the AP Adding DRM to the News? Not Yet. | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 Is the AP Adding DRM to the News? Not Yet. | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:31:36 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-8174 [...] means it doesn’t solve the two problems the AP started complaining about this spring: The  fact that bloggers and other nogoodniks are using AP copy without paying for it [...] [...] means it doesn’t solve the two problems the AP started complaining about this spring: The  fact that bloggers and other nogoodniks are using AP copy without paying for it [...]

]]> By: Consumer Reports + National Enquirer + ? = the future of free societies | Text Technologies http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-5019 Consumer Reports + National Enquirer + ? = the future of free societies | Text Technologies Fri, 08 May 2009 06:17:09 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-5019 [...] A few weeks ago, it was AP’s turn to inspire mockery by announcing an intent to rein in free use of content. [...] [...] A few weeks ago, it was AP’s turn to inspire mockery by announcing an intent to rein in free use of content. [...]

]]> By: I Hope the Associated Press Doesn’t Create a ‘Walled Garden’ : Aquarius Advisers http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-4976 I Hope the Associated Press Doesn’t Create a ‘Walled Garden’ : Aquarius Advisers Thu, 07 May 2009 15:13:34 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-4976 [...] So perhaps I shouldn’t have drawn attention to the story in that way. The AP has been making noises about more aggressive copyright protection of the stories it distributes through its massive [...] [...] So perhaps I shouldn’t have drawn attention to the story in that way. The AP has been making noises about more aggressive copyright protection of the stories it distributes through its massive [...]

]]> By: Google: Drop the AP first « BuzzMachine http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-4615 Google: Drop the AP first « BuzzMachine Mon, 04 May 2009 14:00:03 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-4615 [...] Sullivan links us to an explanation of the AP’s tactics at AllThingsD earlier this month: This has been construed in some quarters as a plan to create a search engine or [...] [...] Sullivan links us to an explanation of the AP’s tactics at AllThingsD earlier this month: This has been construed in some quarters as a plan to create a search engine or [...]

]]> By: » Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP A+ Computer Professionals: SEO, Web Design, Hosting, Site and Script Installations and Modifications, PHP Coding, and Web Traffic http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 » Sorry, Tom Curley: Don’t Expect A Google Ranking Boost For The AP A+ Computer Professionals: SEO, Web Design, Hosting, Site and Script Installations and Modifications, PHP Coding, and Web Traffic Mon, 04 May 2009 02:41:28 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-4546 [...] of AP’s current plans are to create its own news portal, as both PaidContent.org and AllThingsD have covered. From AllThingsD: This has been construed in some quarters as a plan to create a [...] [...] of AP’s current plans are to create its own news portal, as both PaidContent.org and AllThingsD have covered. From AllThingsD: This has been construed in some quarters as a plan to create a [...]

]]> By:   Bookmarks for March 23rd through April 13th by andydickinson.net http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3852   Bookmarks for March 23rd through April 13th by andydickinson.net Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:01:29 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3852 [...] AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye it Looks Like We’re Stupid” - “To the untrained eye it looks like we’re stupid. But we’re looking forward to a totally new space, where we have to get ready to do things in a totally different way. We’re trying to be smart business people and we’re trying to stay in business.” [...] [...] AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye it Looks Like We’re Stupid” – “To the untrained eye it looks like we’re stupid. But we’re looking forward to a totally new space, where we have to get ready to do things in a totally different way. We’re trying to be smart business people and we’re trying to stay in business.” [...]

]]> By: Nowinki » AP Exec Claims That Its Moves Look Stupid To The Untrained Eye… Not Clear On What The Trained Eye Thinks http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 Nowinki » AP Exec Claims That Its Moves Look Stupid To The Untrained Eye… Not Clear On What The Trained Eye Thinks Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:09:49 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3835 [...] suicide -- but, wait! Jim Kennedy, who oversees strategic planning for the AP, claims that only "to the untrained eye, it looks like we're stupid." But, of course, he fails to explain what it looks like to the trained eye -- because most of the [...] [...] suicide — but, wait! Jim Kennedy, who oversees strategic planning for the AP, claims that only “to the untrained eye, it looks like we’re stupid.” But, of course, he fails to explain what it looks like to the trained eye — because most of the [...]

]]> By: Click World News » Blog Archive » AP Exec Claims That Its Moves Look Stupid To The Untrained Eye… Not Clear On What The Trained Eye Thinks http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3827 Click World News » Blog Archive » AP Exec Claims That Its Moves Look Stupid To The Untrained Eye… Not Clear On What The Trained Eye Thinks Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:52:35 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3827 [...] suicide -- but, wait! Jim Kennedy, who oversees strategic planning for the AP, claims that only "to the untrained eye, it looks like we're stupid." But, of course, he fails to explain what it looks like to the trained eye -- because most of the [...] [...] suicide — but, wait! Jim Kennedy, who oversees strategic planning for the AP, claims that only “to the untrained eye, it looks like we’re stupid.” But, of course, he fails to explain what it looks like to the trained eye — because most of the [...]

]]> By: Weekend Update, 4.11.09 | Oliver J. Chiang | Digital Daily | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3788 Weekend Update, 4.11.09 | Oliver J. Chiang | Digital Daily | AllThingsD Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:39:46 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3788 [...] AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We’re Stupid” [...] [...] AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We’re Stupid” [...]

]]> By: AP goes into damage control :: Wire & Lights http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3767 AP goes into damage control :: Wire & Lights Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:44:05 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3767 [...] Jim Kennedy, the AP’s V.P. of strategic planing, spoke with Peter Kafka at MediaMemo and told him that “To the untrained eye it looks like we’re stupid.” [...] [...] Jim Kennedy, the AP’s V.P. of strategic planing, spoke with Peter Kafka at MediaMemo and told him that “To the untrained eye it looks like we’re stupid.” [...]

]]> By: Google as middleman for news » Nieman Journalism Lab http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3763 Google as middleman for news » Nieman Journalism Lab Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:43:32 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3763 [...] they’re doing, see the AP’s somewhat self-serving FAQ, as well as Peter Kafka’s piece at MediaMemo). This seems to me like a dead end, both for the AP and for newspapers as a whole. [...] [...] they’re doing, see the AP’s somewhat self-serving FAQ, as well as Peter Kafka’s piece at MediaMemo). This seems to me like a dead end, both for the AP and for newspapers as a whole. [...]

]]> By: Aaron Weiss http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3760 Aaron Weiss Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:37:39 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3760 "To the untrained eye, it looks like we're stupid." Astounding. AP knows what it's doing, the rest of us are just too dumb to understand their grand plan. What a brilliant strategy: After a week of insulting its customers, AP tries to make amends by... insulting its customers. AP: Go back and try again on <a href="http://www.ap.org/iprights/faqiprights.html" rel="nofollow">your IP FAQ</a>. Leave out the Dilbertisms and management-speak. Stay away from vague terms like "rights-based services" and "search pages" until you're actually prepared to define what all of it means. Your follow-up definitions in the FAQ are filled with obfuscation, not clarification. If you need help with this, ask any of your editors in the news division--they're pretty good at writing things that make sense to the unwashed masses. “To the untrained eye, it looks like we’re stupid.”

Astounding. AP knows what it’s doing, the rest of us are just too dumb to understand their grand plan.

What a brilliant strategy: After a week of insulting its customers, AP tries to make amends by… insulting its customers.

AP: Go back and try again on your IP FAQ. Leave out the Dilbertisms and management-speak. Stay away from vague terms like “rights-based services” and “search pages” until you’re actually prepared to define what all of it means. Your follow-up definitions in the FAQ are filled with obfuscation, not clarification.

If you need help with this, ask any of your editors in the news division–they’re pretty good at writing things that make sense to the unwashed masses.

]]> By: Jeff Stevens http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3759 Jeff Stevens Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:06:51 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3759 The internet almost destroyed the Porn Industry with free content. Then the Gov. required age verification, which could only be done, easily, with credit cards. Thus the age of Porn subscription where they have to compete equally with each other. The Gov. has just mandated all digital TV which just about knocks off free Broadcast, replaced by subscription Cable, DBS or Telco. Therefore I'm paying for Arod's Yankee contract when they sign content contracts with the TV service. News just has to get the Gov. to create a law, to survive. The internet almost destroyed the Porn Industry with free content. Then the Gov. required age verification, which could only be done, easily, with credit cards. Thus the age of Porn subscription where they have to compete equally with each other.

The Gov. has just mandated all digital TV which just about knocks off free Broadcast, replaced by subscription Cable, DBS or Telco. Therefore I’m paying for Arod’s Yankee contract when they sign content contracts with the TV service.

News just has to get the Gov. to create a law, to survive.

]]> By: Quickthink » Blog Archive » Saturday Tidbits http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Quickthink » Blog Archive » Saturday Tidbits Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:23:34 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3757 [...] the “Sometimes People Just Act Stupid” Category - Peter Kafka reportsthat when AP Chairman Dean Singleton declared war on the internet, he didn’t mean it. Head of [...] [...] the “Sometimes People Just Act Stupid” Category – Peter Kafka reportsthat when AP Chairman Dean Singleton declared war on the internet, he didn’t mean it. Head of [...]

]]> By: Appearances Are Deceiving : Beyond Search http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090410/ap-exec-to-the-untrained-eye-it-looks-like-were-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-3756 Appearances Are Deceiving : Beyond Search Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:02:39 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=6181#comment-3756 [...] Kafka has a wonderful post here. The title tells the tale: “‘AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We’re [...] [...] Kafka has a wonderful post here. The title tells the tale: “‘AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We’re [...]

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