Wendy Tanaka has the lowdown on the big (well, 'big' is relative) chitchat between Google CEO Eric Schmidt and New Yorker writer Ken Auletta on Wednesday.
Auletta--whose lengthy profile of Google last spring rankled company insiders because of the paucity of quotes from executives--kicked off the conversation by asking Schmidt about how the Internet giant plans to make money from its myriad projects and businesses. Right now, virtually all the Mountain View, Calif.-based company's $16.6 billion in annual revenues come from online search advertising.