Google licenses AP and other wire content — and stiffs newspapers
Google is paying to licenses content from four wire agencies and will give the wire services more play on Google News — effectively stiffing newspapers and others that Google had linked to previously.
The move is controversial, because there’s already considerable tension between Google and newspapers, with Chicago’s Sam Zell, future owner of the Tribune Co., saying Google is stealing traffic.
Articles from the agencies — which include the popular Associated Press, as well as the Press… Continue Reading