News Corp.'s Jon Miller: “I Have Three Jobs: Surgeon, Midwife, And Astrologer”

At the IGNITION Conference in New York City, News Corp.'s Jon Miller

about companies like AOL and Yahoo and whether or not they can be saved. “I say I have three jobs: surgeon, midwife and astrologer,” Miller replied. “You're asking about the doctor part. Think about fix, it's not about fix because that goes to where it was. It's about going where it's going. That's Steve Jobs, he didn't fix Mac's marketshare, he went where there was something new. “So, you have to have a take on something going forward, I think MySpace has that. That's the first thing, second you need a genuine product. Again, story of Jobs. For AOL and Yahoo it's a product question. They have some strong ideas and directions, they need products. I'm waiting to see.”