Open

In addition to dominant search,

Google is activating

200,000 Android devices per day

globally

Closed

Apple is activating

230,000 devices daily and claims 160 million users in its iAd network

Connected

Facebook'smembership in the U.S. is 165 million – more than watched last season's Super Bowl

Search Sell Friends

By 2012, more than 250 million Apple and Android devices are expected to be in consumers' hands worldwide.

The main channels of digital distribution

Rights Clearinghouse would capture new value

Managed Services Content Services Audience Services

• Access Permissions

• Licensing Rules• Privacy

Management• Outsourced

Licensing• Compliance

Monitoring• Enforcement

The new entity would focus on enabling and licensing uses of news content beyond publishers' own websites

• B2B News Aggregation Services

• (B2C content services)

• Blanket Licensing• Collections,

Enforcement, and Settlement

• Media Intelligence Services

• Audience Interaction Services

• Blanket Licensing• Collections,

Enforcement, and Settlement