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Googleblog: archived newspapers going online

September 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Laura Oliver in Archiving, Editors' pick, Newspapers, google
Google is making it its mission to make old newspapers available online. The search giant will partner with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives, and hopes to make more newspapers accessible and searchable online. In time these archives will be blended into the main Google search results. Full story...

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Toronto Star: Google News respects copyright, says content specialist

May 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted by Oliver Luft in Copyright, Editors' pick, Online Journalism, google

Google News respects copyright and is not looking to move into content creation, Josh Cohen, content specialist for the search giant’s news channel, has said in a Q&A with the Toronto Star.

“…[I]t’s really about helping people to find the content that’s out there. We just don’t see ourselves as content creators. We’re more of a platform for that content,” he said.

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