US (ChattahBox) – After a number of fights over the past year with various newspaper organizations, Google has agreed to begin capping the amount of free news content that can be viewed through their search engine. They have been accused of allowing …
Read Original Story: Google Bows To Newspaper Pressure And Caps Content – ChattahBox
IN A BLOG POST, Google has discussed some of the issues, and controversies, surrounding its linking to news content – a practice that has angered a certain rather litigious Antipodean media magnate. Rupert Murdoch has made no secret of …
Read Original Story: Google counsels news publishers – Inquirer
Google is now offering publishers a way to attract paying subscribers without having to remove their content from Google News search results, Reuters reports. Google hopes this will quell a controversy that began after Rupert Murdoch and others accused …
Read Original Story: Google Offers Online News Compromise, Limits Free Access – Opposing Views
Google said Tuesday it is changing how it grants access to news stories through its search engine to give publishers more control over how much content people can see for free. The move by Google marks a step toward …
Read Original Story: Google Tweaks News Indexing to Placate Publishers – PC World
Google has introduced a new program that will allow publishers to better protect their paid Web content from Google News lurkers. Typically, online readers can access any news story via a general Google or Google News search even if a publication like …
Read Original Story: The Cycle – PRWeek
Google has announced that newspaper publishers will be able to set a limit on the number of articles a visitor can read for free before being asked for a subscription. The announcement was made via blog titled, “Google News”. …
Read Original Story: Google Firms Up Plan To Limit Access To News Content – ITProPortal
The post acknowledges the trend toward greater interest in charging for online content. "As newspapers consider charging for access to their online content, some publishers have asked: Should we put up pay walls or keep our articles in Google News and …
Read Original Story: Google Enables Publishers to Limit Free Views of News Stories – Poynter.org
Google on Wednesday introduced a new way for publishers to control how their content ends up on Google News, but barring a mass exodus of publishers from Google, the average user should not notice much of a difference. …
Read Original Story: Google Simplifies Opt-Out Process for Google News – PC Magazine
Newspaper publishers are now able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read via Google’s search engine. If users click on more than five articles from a single source in a day they may be routed to sites demanding payment or …
Read Original Story: Google limits free searches for news websites – BBC News
Amid criticism from media companies that it unfairly profits from news content, Google is closing a loophole that allowed some motivated newshounds to read large numbers of articles on subscription-based sites without paying for …
Read Original Story: Google Restricts Free Reading on Pay News Sites – New York Times