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Google To Offer Micropayments To News Sites

Posted by timothy on from the much-much-nicer-than-a-horse-head dept.

CWmike writes "Google is promoting a payment system to the newspaper industry that would let Web surfers pay a small amount for individual news stories, an idea that could help publishers struggling with the impact of the Internet. The plans were revealed in a document Google submitted to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), which had solicited ideas for how to monetize content online, a task some publishers have had difficulty with. 'The idea is to allow viable payments of a penny to several dollars by aggregating purchases across merchants,' Google said in the document. Google said it had no specific products to announce yet."

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  1. Re:Good luck with that one .... by jimbolauski · · Score: 5, Funny

    And besides who RTFA anyway.

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  2. Slashdot trolls have polluted my mind by daybot · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I saw "Google submitted to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA)", my immediate thought was that Slashdot had been hacked by a certain troll organisation. I guess that serves me for browsing at -1.

  3. Re:Great idea! by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am interested in your necromancy approach to dying industries, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
    But only if it's free.

  4. Re:I like it by the_womble · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not ALL bad. I would say about 99% bad.

  5. Re:Yay! No more ads! by Rogerborg · · Score: 1, Funny

    What's wiiiiith those warning tags on mattresses? Hey... airline food! (holds for laughter)

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  6. Re:Yay! No more ads! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here in Sweden, seats are numbered and reserved on the ticket. Is it different in the US?

    Will you Europeans PLEASE STOP THIS! You know damned well that we don't get reserved seating in theaters. We have to pay outrageous fees for texting, medical care and overlarge whales of vehicles that get worse fuel economy than the Titanic. We even had to elect George Bush TWICE.

    It's really hell here. Give us a break, will you?

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