http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2010/03/10/techcrunch-newspapers-have-never-made-much-money-from-news-says-googles-chief-economist/ Online journalism news Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2010/03/10/techcrunch-newspapers-have-never-made-much-money-from-news-says-googles-chief-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-28444 Veille technologique du 10 mars au 11 mars Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:03:03 +0000 http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/?p=19500#comment-28444 [...] TechCrunch: Newspapers have never made much money from news, says Google’s chief economist | J... – “The fact of the matter is that newspapers have never made much money from news,” says Varian. They make money from “special interest sections on topics such as Automotive, Travel, Home & Garden, Food & Drink, and so on.” The problem is that on the web, other niche sites which cater to those categories are a click away, leaving the newspapers with sections which are harder to sell ads against, such as sports, news, and local. [...] [...] TechCrunch: Newspapers have never made much money from news, says Google’s chief economist | J… – “The fact of the matter is that newspapers have never made much money from news,” says Varian. They make money from “special interest sections on topics such as Automotive, Travel, Home & Garden, Food & Drink, and so on.” The problem is that on the web, other niche sites which cater to those categories are a click away, leaving the newspapers with sections which are harder to sell ads against, such as sports, news, and local. [...]

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