Greg Sandoval, reporting for The Verge:
Things went downhill from there. Under Snyder’s questioning,
Turvey acknowledged that he couldn’t remember a single name of
any of the publishing executives who had told him Apple was the
reason the publishers were switching their business model. He
conceded that the publisher’s move to the agency system was
important to Google’s own fledgling book business, yet Turvey
couldn’t remember any details about the conversations with
publishers. By the end of the interview Turvey had gone from
saying the publishers had told him directly, to saying they had
merely told people on his team, to finally saying the publishers
had “likely” told someone on his team.
It was a topsy Turvey moment for the increasingly unsure Google
exec. For Snyder and Apple it was one of those rare times when a
trial opponent is practically defenseless. Mercifully, Cote
adjourned saying “Let’s allow Mr. Turvey to escape so he can enjoy
his Thursday.”