Murdoch's Forbidden City

They stood near Tiananmen Square - as Alan Mairson retweeted, “Nice touch: They made announcement in Great Hall of the People, shrine to Central Control” – arguing once again that people who aggregate, curate, link to, talk about their stories are stealing their value. They both equate control with value. That is the distilled essence of the old media model. It's embarrassing to see the old man blow it.  Is he just making trouble?  Or has he no idea the horse has actually bolted and you're not going to get it back in the cliche?  Why hark for an impossible past?  Why not go for new media models?

http://www.buzzmachine.com/2009/10/09/news-forbidden-city/

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