XM MLB Chat: Bob Du Puy wants no interference on the internet from newspapers and magazines

Bob Du Puy says in effect the enjoyment of words and pictures about MLB and its players on the internet should be confined to MLB.com websites:

(From the NY Times): Bob Du Puy: “I’m all for selling newspapers and magazines,” said Bob DuPuy, the president of M.L.B.
“What I’m not for is them branching off in to other enterprises.”...

In this case, newspapers and magazines would like to continue providing images and certain information on the internet (for fans) but Bob doesn't agree. he says they shouldn't "branch off."

(From the NY Times): "Major League Baseball Advanced Media, baseball’s Internet arm, generates an estimated $400 million a year in revenue and is growing at a 30 percent a year.
Investment bankers have estimated that the business is worth $2 billion to $3 billion.....

Mike Fannin, the president of the Associated Press Sports Editors" said,

(NY Times): “Ten years ago newspapers weren’t in the world of video and audio,” he said. “We were in the world of print. The leagues don’t have a print product.
Their view of this is that we entered their world.”

That is one point both sides agree on.

“I’m all for selling newspapers and magazines,” said Bob DuPuy, the president of M.L.B. “What I’m not for is them branching off in to other enterprises.”

Media organizations, like Sports Illustrated and The New York Times, wrote letters to Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner, to protest the new rules."....