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Reuters Deals Out-of-Control AP a Smackdown

By charging $12.50 for each snippet taken from its site, the AP really is walking down the path to extinction. Thomson Reuters nails it perfectly in its recent blog post:

Blaming the new leaders or aggregators for disrupting the business of the old leaders, or saber-rattling and threatening to sue are not business strategies – they are personal therapy sessions. Go ask a music executive how well it works.

via Reuters Tells AP: “Stop Whining”.

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