Recently, Reuters CEO
Tom Glocer gave an intriguing address at the Online Publishers Association event in London, "
Forum for the Future." The
full text is available online (Word document).
My favorite quotes:
"I believe that the role that 'old' media companies have in the truly 'new' media age, is that of content facilitator or seeder of clouds, tool provider and editor. We are the go-between – providing the structure and support - the connective tissue between the information supplier and the consumer, even if they are often today the same person!"
"Let's not make the same mistake that newspapers did with the protectionist online strategies that characterised Internet One: The Web was not created to merely display a replica of yesterday's newspaper with a few banner ads."
"You have to be open to both amateur and professional to tell the story completely. There is no monopoly on being in the right place at the right time. Professional content, if available, will generally be the authoritative article or photo if there is time, but it can be complemented by audience created content in the first instance."
For more context, check out the interesting discussion of this speech over at
Buzzmachine.
