(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/3aHH0) Another Google executive has left the nest to join a venture capital firm.  Top Google sales executive for Asia-Pacific and Latin America Sukinder Singh Cassidy has accepted the position of C.E.O.-in-residence at Accel.  Accel is the venture firm behind Facebook, MetroPCS and Baidu, where Cassidy will work with companies in Accel’s digital media and advertising portfolio and evaluate new investments-potentially starting a new company or running one of Accel’s portfolio companies.Her exit comes on the heels of Tim Armstrong’s departure from Google to serve as chief executive officer at AOL.  Armstrong served as Google’s top sales executive in North America.  Dennis Woodside has since replaced Armstrong, and it was previously rumored that the spot may go to Cassidy. Cassidy has since told the New York Times that the timing of her departure had nothing to do with that of Armstrong’s, that it was coincidental.  In the article, Cassidy also mentioned that she had always planned to run her own company at some point, and had been very open with Google about those plans.  Brought to you by Deep Blue Interactive, your Fort Lauderdale SEO web design, copywriting and interactive marketing solution.

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/3aHH0) Another Google executive has left the nest to join a venture capital firm.  Top Google sales executive for Asia-Pacific and Latin America Sukinder Singh Cassidy has accepted the position of C.E.O.-in-residence at Accel.  Accel is the venture firm behind Facebook, MetroPCS and Baidu, where Cassidy will work with companies in Accel’s digital media and advertising portfolio and evaluate new investments-potentially starting a new company or running one of Accel’s portfolio companies.Her exit comes on the heels of Tim Armstrong’s departure from Google to serve as chief executive officer at AOL.  Armstrong served as Google’s top sales executive in North America.  Dennis Woodside has since replaced Armstrong, and it was previously rumored that the spot may go to Cassidy. Cassidy has since told the New York Times that the timing of her departure had nothing to do with that of Armstrong’s, that it was coincidental.  In the article, Cassidy also mentioned that she had always planned to run her own company at some point, and had been very open with Google about those plans.  Brought to you by Deep Blue Interactive, your Fort Lauderdale SEO web design, copywriting and interactive marketing solution.

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/1awj3) It all boils down to who is going to make the money, publishers or Google.  With technology changing the news industry, publishers are now at odds with Google, and want a piece of the profits Google is receiving from its online news distribution.  Newspapers are citing unfair use of content.  A major point in question is whether Google’s use of headlines, snippets and news stories in Google News is to be considered “fair use” under copyright law, or a misappropriation of newspaper content. Google’s chief executive Eric E. Schmidt spoke Tuesday at a convention of newspaper executives, a move that surprised many considering the distraught position newspapers are in, and the finger they are pointing toward Google.  Newspapers are accusing Google of succeeding at their expense.  Google pointed out that the heavy traffic they get from search and news services drives a huge amount of traffic directly to newspaper web sites, where the publishers monetize.  It is appropriate to note that no newspaper at this point has opted to keep its content off Google and Google news, a technologically simple task.Despite the controversy, all parties remained professional and polite during the exchange. Newspaper companies have been unwilling to test the issue in court, where Google’s fair-use arguments could prevail.   The issue remains a balancing act, with both sides poised to reverberate.  The newspapers enjoy the traffic and revenue provided by Google, and does not want to pay for that traffic, but also wants to charge them for marketing their content?  It is interesting how technology is positively affecting aging business models like newspapers and record labels.  Brought to you by Deep Blue Interactive, your Fort Lauderdale online marketing and web design source.