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[Gawker - Valleywag] Google CEO ‘disses’ blogging

Google CEO Eric Schmidt made some comments to the American Society of News Editors that may have raised eyebrows in the blogging community (via Valleywag via Nieman Lab):

There is an art to what you do. And if you’re ever confused as to the value of newspaper editors, look at the blog world. That’s all you need to see.

Gawker blogger Ryan Tate points out that Schmidt “runs the biggest single blog network in the world, which makes it all the more bizarre that the Google CEO was insulting bloggers at a newspaper conference.”

Yes, newspaper editors need to take a very close look at the blogging world. According to Technorati, full time bloggers who advertised on their site made an average of $122,222 in the year 2009. Meanwhile The New York Times, strapped for cash, is mortgaging its headquarter building.

Tags: google, google blogger, technorati

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