Telegraph Blogs: Shane Richmond: Google News prods newspapers towards the future

Posted on 3 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Shane Richmond: "From a newsprint point of view wire copy makes perfect sense. It allows us to cover stories that we don't have resources to cover ourselves. ... Online, however, wire copy is redundant."

Insider Chatter by Donna Bogatin: What Google News? AP: Google Plays Second Fiddle to Yahoo

Posted on 2 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Yet again, an important reminder: Google News is a much smaller wire-service aggregating operation than Yahoo News. And MSN. And AOL.

FT.com: Google News redirects its wire search web traffic

Posted on 1 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Publishers that routinely carry wire stories on their sites could lose traffic, affecting the prices they charge online advertisers".

Reuters: Google to Feature News Agencies’ Articles

Posted on 1 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Josh Cohen, business product manager of Google News, said his company would consider eventually running advertising alongside the articles it is licensing from news agencies."

Google News Blog: Original stories, from the source

Posted on 1 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Google News will now link directly to stories by the news agencies Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Press Association and the Canadian Press, rather than identical stories on newspapers' web sites .

Martin Stabe

A UK-centric look at new media and online journalism

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Telegraph Blogs: Shane Richmond: Google News prods newspapers towards the future

Insider Chatter by Donna Bogatin: What Google News? AP: Google Plays Second Fiddle to Yahoo

FT.com: Google News redirects its wire search web traffic

Reuters: Google to Feature News Agencies’ Articles

Google News Blog: Original stories, from the source