In a survey conducted over May and June this year, PR network Oriella asked media moguls how the Internet was affecting their business, their publishing formats and even the quality of the content issuing forth from their newsrooms. In a survey of 770 journalists across 15 countries, the company determined that, while media creators are slightly more optimistic than they were last year about maintaining revenues vis-a-vis the rise of online ad budgets, many are still worried about whether traditional media formats can succeed in the long run.

Remember the whole Google Books debacle ? After finally reaching a formal agreement with authors and publishers, a host of other heavyweights including Microsoft and Yahoo came forward to challenge the settlement. Google co-founder Sergey Brin addressed criticisms of the settlement earlier today in a lengthy editorial.

For US customers, the biggest complaint about Apple’s spectacularly successful iPhone — in many cases the only complaint — is the quality of AT&T’s wireless network. This has led to rampant speculation that the iPhone will be moving beyond AT&T in 2010 or whenever its exclusivity agreement ends. However, yesterday’s New York Times addresses the strain iPhone users place on AT&T’s network and questions if any US wireless carrier would fare better.