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September 30, 2004
Google News may never make money
Here is an interesting take on Google News: Wired News: Google News: Beta Not Make Money. They will get sued by the news sources for selling (monitizing) ads around the content of the news sources. Basically the deep linking problem that Ticketmaster had. The other side would say the content providers won't bite the hand that feeds them. But I am sure these branded news providers are in no hurry to become front-ended.
This is a MAJOR challenge for a start-up in the space. Google may have the traffic and chops to front-end news. But a startup? They will wither under the barage of lawsuits and threatening letters.
Posted by Martin at September 30, 2004 4:27 PM
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