Paper, scissors, stone, internet

It's all a bit childish isn't it? I'm referring to the power plays between big media and what many of them see as the online usurpers. At this week's OPA conference the 'I hate Google' crew were out in force.

But at least Tom Glocer of Reuters was asking the right question in his keynote address: "If the user wants to be both author and editor, and technology is increasingly enabling this, what will be the role of the media company?"