When Magazines Lose Their Research Departments, Google Wins

23 Nov 2009

When Magazines Lose Their Research Departments, Google Wins

Steve Baker on Bloomberg's takeover of BusinessWeek and what it means for both the blogs and their research departments.

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Nov 24, 2009

Amy Tipton Johnson said...

Thinking one for my desk that says "For communications assistance, please see Facebook, Twitter, YouTube..."

Nov 25, 2009

Ryan Skinner said...

Another victim of the link economy...

Nov 25, 2009

Joy-Mari Cloete said...

True and very sad. I often think about this and how restricted we are, even with Web2.0 and all its wonders. How did people do research before the internet?

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