Arianna Huffington: The Debate Over Online News: It's the Consumer, Stupid

Arianna Huffington: The Debate Over Online News: It's the Consumer, Stupid

Arianna Huffington: The discussion about the distribution of content on the web heated up this week when AP announced plans to "launch an industry initiative" designed "to protect news content" online. The conversation continued last night when Charlie Rose invited me to discuss the issue with Tom Curley, AP's president and CEO. For me, the key question is whether those of us working in the media (old and new) embrace and adapt to the radical changes brought about by the Internet or pretend that we can somehow hop into a journalistic Way Back Machine and return to a past that no longer exists. Watching media execs talk about building walled gardens around content reminds me of watching Detroit execs ten years ago spend billions lobbying the government for fuel efficiency loopholes and trying to convince consumers that gas-guzzling SUVs were the cars of the future. Click here to read more.