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May 15, 2003
Google's Aussie news?
Google News has launched an Australian news section. This should provide a portal to Australian news publishing from a range of sources so it's a bit of a hoot that today's top story is from the UK Guardian and not from an Australian source at all. Lots of other foreign news sources appear too - the NYT, the FT and so on. Maybe it's the Aussie news providers' fault? After all, some Australian newspapers try to lock down so much of their online news that this kind of service can't even see it, much less list it. Can that be wise for the future of online news? After all, a service such as this might drive more traffic their way, and if people don't see an organisation's news up on Google News Australia, they might bypass those sources altogether and go where they can get a freely available story. This is one of a number of country-specific news portals released by Google recently. See it at http://news.google.com.au/ and thanks to Bill D. for the tip. Posted by belinda at May 15, 2003 04:09 PMEmail this