Monday, 2 October 2017

Google to revise system that forces news providers to offer three free stories a day before charging

Google plans on removing a policy that requires news organizations to offer consumers three free stories a day before readers are forced to subscribe to the service. Instead, news providers will be allowed to determine for themselves how many articles readers will be allowed to read for free. Robert Thomson, chief executive of News Corp., started squealing last month about Google's plans to eliminate the "first click free" policy.

Thomson pointed out that Google had these news providers by the short hairs. If they didn't get on board with the "first click free" policy, they would disappear ...

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