First, the Post (which I don’t trust much as a rule, given its broad use of unnamed sources) follows last week’s speculation around a Twitter acquisition with the headline that Google is talking to Twitter as a “defensive move.”
Second, Barron’s practically yells at Google for even considering talking to Twitter, because Twitter will never have a business model. (Idiots, of course it does).
Third, Google’s YouTube division is widely reported to be losing nearly half a billion dollars.
Fourth, Google looks to have to fight, yet again, the trademarked AdWords lawsuit.
And Fifth, Google is now looking less like a sacred cow, and more like a milk cow, to media moguls with impaired cash flow.
Happy Monday, Google!