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Google to Sell Old News Articles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-don't-even-pay-for-new-news dept.

Krishna Dagli was one of a few people to note that Google is planning on selling old news. Or more accurately, scanning in 200 years of old newspapers, and selling people the ability to view the full text. They'll be using publications like the NYT and Time magazine. Summaries will be free, but the full article text will have a price.

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  1. Mo Money Maybe by blueZhift · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While others note that in some cases the information Google seeks to sell may be available somewhere on the net for free, time searching for it is not free. Serious researchers or people who are just plain impatient, will gladly pay for the convenience of one stop shopping from a source they trust. As for the newspapers, a number of them already have paid archive access services, but any arrangement with Google is likely to net them more business and more money without too much more effort.

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  2. Re:there is a saying in news organisations by Comboman · · Score: 5, Insightful
    old news is worthless, good luck getting any money for it when libraries already provide microfiche copies of newspapers going back 200+ years

    Good luck entering a search term into a microfiche machine.

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