Media Executives Live in Apple’s “Beautiful Fascist Environment,” Kara Swisher
www.beet.tv SAN FRANCISCO — Media executives have a love/hate relationship with Apple. They admire the elegant design and usability of its products but decry the restricted “walled garden” that Apple puts up for content creators. Their ambivalence was clear during this segment of the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable in San Francisco on Wednesday. Quipped moderator Kara Swisher, you “live in a beautiful fascist environment.” She asked executives of Fox, NBC, Comcast, CBS, and Universal McCann about the most important company in technology; three said Apple, two Google, and one Microsoft for the XBox. Speaking in this segment are: Brian Buchwald, NBC, EVP, Integrated Local Media Gregg Colvin, Fox Interactive, VP of Business Development Karin Gilford, Comcast Interactive Media, SVP, Online Media Marc Ruxin, Universal McCann, EVP, Chief Innovation Officer Anthony Soohoo, CBS Interactive, SVP, Entertainment & Lifestyle Jennifer Taylor, Adobe Director, Flash Content Creation + Distribution Andy Plesser, Executive Produce