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Roll Over, Gutenberg: Germany & Innovation

Jeff Jarvis — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:44:37 GMT

After the German Bundestag passed a law that would require online sites [read: Google] to pay for quoting them, I wrote an op-ed worrying about what this and other recent outbreaks of technopanic say about Germany and technology.

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Tue, Mar 05 2013 06:44:37

Roll over, Gutenberg - BuzzMachine

Germany, I fear, is not the land of innovation. It is a land of institutions. This week the German Bundestag passed a law created by publ...

It also ran in German in Zeit Online.

Leistungsschutzrecht: Das ist ein Kleinkrieg um wenige Worte

Mit dem Leistungsschutzrecht vertuschen Verlage eigene Versäumnisse, kommentiert der US-Blogger und Journalistikdozent Jeff Jarvis: "Ich ...

That prompted the primary architect of the legislation, Axel Springer executive Christoph Keese, to respond on Twitter and the discussion began....

@jeffjarvis It might be interesting to note that Gutenberg sold his bibles. He was an entrepreneur and did not give them away for free #LSR
— Christoph Keese · Mon, Mar 04 2013 08:19:17

.@ChristophKeese Wat made printing & publishing scale was Gutenberg giving away his knowledge once he lost the IP. http://www.amazon.com/Gutenberg-Geek-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B007EI62I0
— Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Mar 04 2013 12:29:22

@jeffjarvis Respecting property is a pillar of free market society. Respectful investors and entrepreneurs will not flee Germany. #LSR
— Christoph Keese · Mon, Mar 04 2013 08:25:06

.@ChristophKeese Ah, but you assume you are in the business of owning property vs. the business of serving people. http://buzzmachine.com/2013/03/03/voluntary-media/
— Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Mar 04 2013 12:26:40

@DetlefGuertler @jeffjarvis Yes. Gutenberg was a business man more than anything else. Great book by A. Pettegree: https://bitly.com/Vve1FM
— Christoph Keese · Mon, Mar 04 2013 10:07:31

@ChristophKeese Any proof for Gutenberg selling bibles? When he lost his firm in 1455, no bible was sold http://www.regionalgeschichte.net/bibliothek/texte/biographien/fust-johannes.html @jeffjarvis
— Detlef Guertler · Mon, Mar 04 2013 08:39:27

@DetlefGuertler @ChristophKeese Like a modern entrepreneur, Gutenberg was done in by his cash flow & cap table. http://www.amazon.com/Gutenberg-Geek-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B007EI62I0
— Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Mar 04 2013 12:42:07

.@ChristophKeese Gutenberg ended up sustained on government support. So I suppose that does make him like a modern German publisher.
— Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Mar 04 2013 12:57:15

Later came this bit of awe-inspiring hubris from the publisher....

@jeffjarvis Ever since Adam Smith we know that self-interest serves public interest if legal framework is set right. Publishers serve both.
— Christoph Keese · Mon, Mar 04 2013 15:46:08

Do they, now?

.@ChristophKeese What's good for GM is good for America. What's good for AS is good for Germany?
— Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Mar 04 2013 21:14:53

Yo, @GovChristie: Be a gas hero

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:46:32 GMT

Some suggestions about how to really handle the gas crisis, which is only getting worse. This morning, I saw people lining up in front of gas stations that don't even know whether they will get gas, in hopes they will. We need information!

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:46:32

.@GovChristie: If we can get utility crews from around the US, why can't we get gas tankers from other states?
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:32:36

.@GovChristie: Can't you commandeer generators for gas stations?
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:32:59

.@GovChristie: Local police obviously know gas pumping schedules to control traffic; why not order those schedules published? More info!
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:33:51

.@GovChristie: Hess is publishing its gas inventory every hour. Can we have other companies do that?
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:34:06

.@GovChristie: The lines this morning are WAY WORSE. More information=less panic.
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:34:44

Also, @GovChristie, the press is reporting your rules wrong, not saying the last # counts but saying if your plate ends in a letter it's odd
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:41:31

.@GovChristie This morning I saw people lining up just in hope a station might get a delivery. We need information! Data, please!
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:42:05

NJ: What do you want @GovChristie to do about gas?
— Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Nov 03 2012 05:45:44

Murdoch doesn't understand links....

Jeff Jarvis — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:09:33 GMT

Which means he doesn't understand the web (and the net)

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Mon, Jan 16 2012 08:09:33

Rupert Murdoch started last night going after the White House for backing off SOPA's attempt to change the architecture of the net for the sake of the entertainment (that is, Murdoch's) industry.

So Obama has thrown in his lot withSilicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery. -
— Rupert Murdoch · Sat, Jan 14 2012 14:42:04

Then he escalated, accusing Google of piracy: that is of theft.

Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying.
— Rupert Murdoch · Sat, Jan 14 2012 14:54:19

Now this makes no sense, of course. Google does not pirate or serve pirated content and certainly doesn't sell advertising on it. The next morning, after receiving a tutorial, apparently, Murdoch returned to explain:

Just been to google search for mission impossible. Wow, several sites offering free links. I rest my case.
— Rupert Murdoch · Sat, Jan 14 2012 19:25:19

Ah, so he thinks that by linking to sites that enable downloads, Google is doing that. I'm reminded of a focus group I held in Cleveland in 1995, in which the participants thought all the content on this internet came from a company called Netscape. Murdoch blames Google for anything it links to. He apparently wants it to not link to anything he doesn't like. He doesn't understand the link. But he thinks he does:

Sure misunderstand many things, but not plain stealing. Incidentally google blocks many other undesirable things.
— Rupert Murdoch · Sun, Jan 15 2012 08:34:00

There's a pattern here. In his war against aggregation of news by the likes of Google, his henchmen -- some of whom have since had to leave the company in the hacking scandal -- gave all sorts of disreputable labels to Google, which Arianna Huffington helpfully aggregated in testimony before the FTC:

"So now sites that aggregate the news have become, in the words of Rupert Murdoch and his team, 'parasites,' 'content kleptomaniacs,' 'vampires,' 'tech tapeworms in the intestines of the Internets,' and, of course, thieves who 'steal all our copyright.'"

You see, Murdoch is against more than just piracy. He is against the fundamental architecture of the web and the net. He cannot see past old models of owning content and selling it and cannot see new ways to make money through using content to generate signals about people and built relationships with them to target higher-value, relevant content, services, and advertising. Facebook understand that. Google and Twitter and Foursquare understand that. Murdoch does not. That's why MySpace failed. That's why Murdoch's earlier internet efforts -- starting with Delphi, where I briefly served as head of content -- went through millions of dollars: because he thinks the content business is about products -- as it used to be -- not people -- as it is now.

Murdoch doesn't hate Google. He still doesn't understand it.

LATER: Murdoch's war continues the next day, in the morning afterglow of the Golden Globes:

Seems like universal anger with Optus from all sorts of normal supporters. Maybe backing pirates a rare miscalculation by friend Axelrod.
— Rupert Murdoch · Mon, Jan 16 2012 04:05:50

Yes, thanks, of course I meant POTUS. Somehow iPad changed my spelling. I should have checked. Sorry.
— Rupert Murdoch · Mon, Jan 16 2012 04:05:50

More pirates. Whole entertainment ind employs 2.2 million ave salary 65 g. Good jobs and expanding foreign earnings. Made in America, too!
— Rupert Murdoch · Sun, Jan 15 2012 21:56:12

He's sounding very much like General Motors, making widgets, not speech or art.

Rupert Murdoch & SOPA

Jeff Jarvis — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:59:44 GMT

The dirty digger whines about the White House protecting the internet against his interests.

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Sat, Jan 14 2012 16:59:44

So Obama has thrown in his lot withSilicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy, plain thievery. -
— Rupert Murdoch · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying.
— Rupert Murdoch · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Film making risky as hell. This has to lead to less, hurting writers, actors, all concerned.
— Rupert Murdoch · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

The @WhiteHouse and raising the discussion of #SOPA to the level of principles: http://www.buzzmachine.com/2012/01/14/shifting-the-discussion-to-principles/
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Liar! RT @rupertmurdoch: Piracy leader is Google who streams movies free, sells advts around them. No wonder pouring millions into lobbying
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Google doesn't pirate and it doesn't hack dead girls, @rupertmurdoch. I am so happy I pulled my book from you.
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Crap! @rupertmurdoch: So Obama has thrown in his lot w/Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators w/piracy, plain thievery
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

@jeffjarvis sounds to me like @rupertmurdoch is afraid Google are eating his lunch. And will lie to invent a reality to support his view.
— Stephen Collins · Sat, Jan 14 2012 15:42:11

.@rupertmurdoch says he learned w/MySpace. Ha! He wasted wasted millions w/Delphi et al: an utter digital failure. Now blames Google. Loser
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

re @rupertmurdoch RT @PaulCunningham: @jeffjarvis by "Silicon Valley paymasters" does he mean "job creators"?
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

.@rupertmurdoch is just pissed he can't buy US govt the way he bought UK's. Your money is no good here, fool.
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

@jeffjarvis Murdoch does know some studios have deals with Google to stream movies on YouTube also right?
— Greg Diener · Sat, Jan 14 2012 16:09:27

RT @The_Analyst: I challenge @rupertmurdoch to produce evidence to support claim that Google is leader in pirated content (he can't)
— Henry Blodget · Sat, Jan 14 2012 15:15:27

World's sleaziest violin RT @rupertmurdoch: Film making risky as hell. This has to lead to less, hurting writers, actors, all concerned.
— Jeff Jarvis · Fri, Jan 13 2012 13:23:38

Discussing off-the-record, on-the-record

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:08:56 GMT

Rosen, Blodget, Salmon,

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 00:05:08

I hate the way @BusinessInsider uses anonymity. Anytime, anywhere, any reason. As if it's just as good as any other source null
— jayrosen_nyu · Fri, Sep 02 2011 09:33:52

Sorry, Jay. Sometimes (often) it's the only way to get the real info RT @jayrosen_nyu: I hate the way @BusinessInsider uses anonymity.
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 09:47:05

I've often explained, but happy to post. Pls give me couple hours. RT @jayrosen_nyu: are your confidential sourcing guidelines online?
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:07:18

In business, anyone who goes on record has agenda. Often only way to get truth is on background--or jobs/careers at risk @jayrosen_nyu
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 09:50:01

You're trying to tell me that the "information" presented anonymously in http://jr.ly/bub8 was only available off the record, @hblodget?
— jayrosen_nyu · Fri, Sep 02 2011 09:52:45

@hblodget in business, anyone who goes OFF record has an agenda. And those guys are more likely to lie. I trust on-the-record more.
— felixsalmon · Fri, Sep 02 2011 09:52:51

Then you've clearly never worked in business. On record is mostly propaganda MT @felixsalmon: @hblodget in business, I trust on record more
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:03:03

Or its talking your book @hblodget:you've never worked in business:on record is mostly propaganda @felixsalmon:in business I trust on record
— Nouriel · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:07:56

Exactly RT @Nouriel: Or its talking your book @hblodget:you've clearly never worked in business:on record is mostly propaganda @felixsalmon
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:12:11

@hblodget @Nouriel everybody I've ever talked to off the record has talked their book. Normally more than they do on the record.
— felixsalmon · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:13:38

In business, 99.9% of people not allowed to speak publicly. The rest write press releases. Thus, conf. sources critical for real story
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:16:26

My goal is to get the truth. No way to do that by talking only to people authorized to spin RT @jeffjarvis:
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:18:12

In business, anyone who goes on record without specific agenda is soon-to-be-unemployed idiot. So how else get truth? Answer; you don't.
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:24:18

Now, obviously, confidential sources also spin. But talk to right ones and you get ever- closer to truth. Way more than in press releases.
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:29:03

Exactly. RT @Dan_Tamkin: @hblodget Triangulate answers from multiple sources to get truth
— hblodget · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:30:48

@pegobry @felixsalmon @hblodget Since it's all about judgment, are your confidential sourcing guidelines (grounds for judgment...) online?
— jayrosen_nyu · Fri, Sep 02 2011 10:05:26

Kara Swisher thread on hackgate

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:46:16 GMT

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 00:05:07

@karaswisher Besides that in your @arrington post, what else have you written about News Corp.'s #hackgate & WSJ's coverage/editorializing?
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Sep 03 2011 07:48:40

@karaswisher That's not as loaded a question as it might seem; working on a post & it's relevant.
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Sep 03 2011 07:49:28

@jeffjarvis i wrote a whole live blog from the hearing (and it was not very kind). Peter is covering this for us, as it is his beat.
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:07:31

@jeffjarvis here is the link to my post on the hearing (peter was off that day): http://dthin.gs/puc0gj.
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:09:26

@jeffjarvis Peter just posted this: http://dthin.gs/nf0Qrq yesterday and has been consistently posting.
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:09:52

@jeffjarvis lastly, I talked about it here, calling it appalling, one of the few from DJ who has spoken on it: http://bit.ly/ntIMpC
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:12:01

@karaswisher that you are one of the few is what's most disturbing
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Sep 03 2011 09:11:54

@jeffjarvis lmk if you need anything else. Phonegate is not a natural ATD story, but we have kept up key issue, and also used WSJ coverage
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:12:58

@jeffjarvis we have also posted in voices a lot of guardian and other media outlet pieces on phone gate.
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:15:04

@jeffjarvis lastly, IMHO, it remains appalling to me personally and professionally, and I hope authorities get to the bottom of it
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 08:16:11

@karaswisher thanks for all that.
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Sep 03 2011 09:08:15

@jeffjarvis Well, Walt and I get to be the crazy cousins at Dow Jones, so don't judge the others there too harshly.
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 09:27:44

@jeffjarvis Also, I don't care if I get into trouble, an asset in my profession, though not in life always
— karaswisher · Sat, Sep 03 2011 09:28:10

Nic Robertson's harrowing tweets from Libya

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:10:51 GMT

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 14:09:53

Woman came into restaurant of journalists' hotel today claiming she’d been detained at govt chkpt, held 2 days, tied up, beaten and raped.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:37:27

Within mins of beginning to tell her story, govt officls and hotel staff moved in to shut her up.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:37:40

CNN cameraman on scene said she showed journalsts bruises, scratches on thighs, bruised face, rope burns on wrists & ankles
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:42:16

Waitress threatnd her w/knife, calling her "traitor." Govt offcls began beating journlsts trying to interview her.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:49:44

Clarify'g earlier tweet: bag/cloth thrown over her head, they took her into back garden, then bundled out hotel front door w/out bag/cloth
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:10:47

Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:56:05

Sm journalists tried to protect her, challenging officials about where they taking her but they drove off with her in white car.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:12:51

CNN camerman was there but camera smashed & footage taken so no pictures of our own. Here's link to some pool footage http://tiny.cc/u38ii
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:24:26

Journalists demnding to see her. David Kirkpatrick NYT & I went to offcls in charge who claimed dont know who took her or where she taken.
— NicRobertsonCNN · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:36:03

Libyan woman bursts into hotel w/ foreign press in Tripoli; struggles to tell of rape. - http://nyti.ms/fySHzf
— NYT_JenPreston · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:53:59

@jxpaton's Twitter lecture to newspapers

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:10:50 GMT

#JRC CEO John Paton gives a talk to newspaper executives in a series of tweets.

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 14:09:53

From MediaXchange 2011 stage my Ten Tweets To Transform Newspapers - starting now #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:48:39

“the newspaper model is broken & can’t be fixed” #fail #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:49:39

“newspapers will disappear in less than10 years unless their biz model is changed now” #changeordie #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:50:28

“the new newspaper model must become digital first and print last” #customerswantdigital #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:51:20

“the new newspaper model must now only allocate resources to the new news ecology” #slaytheproductiongod #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:52:06

“stop listening to print people and put the digital people in charge - of everything” #printnogoodatdigital #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:53:10

“newspapers must invest in content, sales & disruption – sell or outsource everything else” #linktotherest #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:53:50

“trust the crowd & especially your youngest employees they will lead the needed experiments” #naamxc11 #jrcbenfranklinproject #idealab #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:55:16

complaint: newspaper dollars becoming digital dimes #naamxc11- response: start stacking the dimes #stopwhiningaboutreality #naamxc11 #jrc
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:58:05

“digital first works #jrc digital audience grew 75% now more digital audience than print in less than 1 year” #newspaperscanchange #naamxc11
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 07:58:51

“digital first works: #jrc digital revenue up 70% Q1 ‘11 vs Q1 ‘10 – real growth not newspaper voodoo bundling metrics” #naamxc11
— jxpaton · Sat, Mar 26 2011 08:00:12

Mubarek's fortune equals...

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:57:23 GMT

Stats giving perspective to the dictator's wealth.

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 14:31:18

Utterly disgusting! RT @Reporter_Beirut: Guardian: #Mubarak family fortune could reach $70bn, say experts http://bit.ly/fNiB5n #Jan25
— lyssaslounge · Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:32:55

Mubarak fortune could be 37% of Egypt's GDP: http://bit.ly/fNiB5n http://bit.ly/ffK2Sx
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:39:30

Mubarak fortune is double Egypt's foreign debt: $70b v $32b http://bit.ly/ePKu4w http://bit.ly/fNiB5n
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:56:31

Mubarak fortune roughly 10x Egypt's spending on education: http://bit.ly/gN4VWE http://bit.ly/fNiB5n
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:58:47

Mubarek fortune roughly 20x govt health spending in Egypt. http://bit.ly/haojRK http://bit.ly/fNiB5n
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:04:48

Touché RT @rahmansarah: 'l'etat c'est moi' RT @NickKristof RT @jeffjarvis Mubarak fortune could be 37% of Egypt's GDP
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:05:55

Mubarek fortune equals almost $1,000 for every Egyptian.
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:18:00

Mubarek's fortune almost $1,000 per Egyptian, which is almost double a hotel worker's annual salary. http://yhoo.it/gRKhjz
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:23:26

Don't exile Mubarek. Move him to a Cairo slum.
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:43:23

If Mubarek really does have $70 billion, he'd be the world's richest, topping Gates by $17b, Buffet by $23b: http://bit.ly/b4Bz16
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:28:57

@dangillmor Cut the Guardian's #s by a fraction--pick yours--& it's still disgusting: http://bit.ly/ePe0QZ
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:26:52

My bad. Sorry! Got carried away RT @sarahfparsons: @jeffjarvis and he can't even spell Mubarak!
— jeffjarvis · Sat, Feb 05 2011 12:56:22

carvin twitter newsroom

Jeff Jarvis — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:12:32 GMT

Storified by Jeff Jarvis · Thu, Oct 27 2011 14:31:18

@digiphile I mean could @acarvin create his own biz adding value to Twitter news?
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:08:36

@acarvin is the 1st tweeter I'd pay for. He could be sponsored. Independent, he could create his own curated client (whatthink @billgross?)
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:20:19

What's great about @acarvin is that he attacks any big story using Twitter as a tool, so he's specialized by task v. topic.
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:23:01

Would love to see a business model for the high value @acarvin brings to news and Twitter.
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:02:49

@mathewi No, I'm suggesting he has a service of value (vs. content).
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:25:55

@acarvin storyful is the instrument, you are the musician. in a concert, i value the latter more than the former.
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:29:52

@acarvin I'm envisioning you as the editor of a breaking-news twitter-curating (& vetting) newsroom.
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:35:04

@acarvin Obviously, not just Twitter.... You are editing the witness-reporters.
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:38:02

Instead of The Daily, I'd find value in The @ACarvin. Not recreating the old but exploiting the new...
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 14:40:13

@jsb Right, so how does @acarvin become a self-sustaining business recognizing the value he adds?
— jeffjarvis · Fri, Feb 04 2011 15:31:32