Comments on: Amazing deal between Google and News corps

By: Michael Fraase

Michael Fraase — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:59:12 +0000

Isn’t this just a semi-universal application of the Financial Times model? Read n stories without subscription; access to story n+1 requires a subscription (or circumvention)? Or am I missing something. If I’m correct, it’s just one more piece of crap on the net to route around.

By: lbutlr

lbutlr — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:02:34 +0000

Erm, ok, but then were is the option to have a NewsCorp Free aggregate? I don’t want to keep track of where this particular source is Murdoch “news” or not. Heck, just getting Faux News off the google news page would improve it dramatically.

By: mediajorge

mediajorge — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:35:15 +0000

bing!

By: Mona Nomura

Mona Nomura — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:22:06 +0000

Agreed. It’s awful but not a travesty. It’s five free clicks, per user, per day, per publisher.

By: Rex Hammock

Rex Hammock — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:07:35 +0000

Is this really what the Murdoch controversy was about? Is this a solution to it? If so, is this one of those agreements where Murdoch gets to save face — but doesn’t really gain anything. Because it’s really merely a nuanced tweak of Google’s current policy — and one that few users of Google News will notice.

By: John McCrory

John McCrory — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:03:32 +0000

I don’t get how this will work, exactly. Newspapers could have implemented something like this on their own already — and a few have, usually letting you see 1 article free and then routing you to a registration/paywall.

Seems like Google is making a placation offer that will mollify some critics in the news biz but will not really be taken up by that many.

By: Dan Lewis

Dan Lewis — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:59:31 +0000

Specifically, see this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-read-the-wsj-for-free-online-2009-6

By: Steve Michel

Steve Michel — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:43:06 +0000

I consume a lot of news, but it’s rare that I read 5 pages from one source in the same day. But what happens if I’m reading a story in the WSJ and I try to read the last page, and they 86 me because I’ve had enough?

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:39:15 +0000

Seems that Google will do almost anything to avoid the claim that the competition is more inclusive. This feels like a slippery slope in regards to limited access, and will allow news corporation and others to ease into itl.

By: Dave Winer

Dave Winer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:30:10 +0000

Apparently there’s more going on. See the comment from Dan Lewis below.