The AP Snaps and Snarls
October 11, 2009
Dogs can be surprising. TechCrunch explains that the AP is “yapping again”. Read “You Can Ignore the AP’s Bluster. It Is Just a Negotiating Bluff” and get a good analysis of the 2009 Don Quixote event of the day. I think some content should be free. This Web log, written by an addled goose, is offered without charge. Complain and I refund your money and quack at you. Other information should carry a fee. If people don’t want to pay that fee, well, that’s a form of market research.
I try not to quote the AP in this Web log. I am a goose and terrified of those qualified to practice law. TechCrunch, as I recall, also avoids AP content.
In my opinion, the new types of services that I write about in my column for Information World Review, a Incisive Media property in London, England, present a user with interesting and accessible services. These next generations services, whether Tweetmeme.com or Trendsmap.com, represent what information delivery mechanisms are becoming. The notion that new services will embrace older business models has to be proven.
The AP is about to prove its hypothesis; namely, users will pay for AP content. The outcome of that test will be Googley. Data are going to make obvious what works and what does not work. In my opinion, the AP has a great opportunity to prove that its strategists are able to generate sufficient new revenue to make up for the lost revenue the firm has experienced. Furthermore, the AP will be able to prove or disprove the assertion that profitability will be sufficient to fund research and development, increased salaries, and staff additions.
The stakes are interesting. AP is betting the farm. Most of the poker games on TV hold this type of play to the end of the show. Maybe the AP is in Act III of a three act play. Exciting.
Stephen Arnold, October 11, 2009 No dough
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