[BC] Google moving away from radio

[Broadcast List USER]

Google did AMAZING THINGS, bringing the software up to where it  
should have been.

I, for one, am very sorry to see them go.

They have done great things making the software both hardware and  
Operating System agnostic, as it should be.

I was happy to have them, and am sorry to see them go.

The Adworks... well, I always wondered, but I did really think it  
would work.  Maybe if radio wasn't so far into the tank, it would have.

--chip

On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:01 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 13
> From: SteveOrdinetz <hykker at wildblue.net>
>
> Leave it to Dana to extrapolate another "radio is dying" thread out
> of a press release that said no such thing.  Google got into a
> business they knew nothing about, and lost money trying to figure it
> out and decided to get out of it.   That's it.  A lot of their
> Adworks spots sounded like they were recorded on a Certron cassette
> with a boombox using the built-in mic.
> As far as their automation systems business, I don't think they
> really wanted it to begin with.  They bought Dmarc for the
> distributed audio ads part of the business, Scott Studios & Computer
> Concepts kind of came with the package.
> As the article said, it's one thing to diversify your business, but
> it's best to keep it in an arena you're familiar with.  Google knows
> the internet, it only makes sense they concentrate on web-based  
> projects.
>
> At 06:20 PM 2/12/2009, Dana  Puopolo wrote:
>> I for one knew it was just a matter of time for this one. What's  
>> even MORE
>> telling is that they plan to shift their focus to streaming radio.
>> Broadcast radio might not be dead, but the patient is hardly  
>> stirring any
>> more.