Don't be surprised if Google starts to get a lot of positive press overseas. A man who's something of a media expert - for four years, he served as editor of the BBC show Newsnight - will be joining the search giant as its head of communications and public affairs for the UK, Ireland, and Benelux regions.
A look at Peter Barron's old on-the-job
Then, as the journalist tried to paint a Newsnight story as less than important, check out how Barron defended his position. "So was it much of a story? A good way of judging is to put the words 'Spelman' and 'Newsnight' into Google News. At the latest count there are more than 40 stories from newspapers and other media organisations about the affair - Telegraph, Mail, ITN, Reuters - oh, and the Evening Standard." So Google's getting a pro who is (at least some degree) quite familiar with the uses of its product lineup. It's hard to imagine a better fit. Barron should start at Google in September, according to
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