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Google News Pulls The AP’s Content As Contract Comes Up For Renewal

• redorb 17y ago
  Sounds like great negotiating tactics even if a little heavy handed. Really; just imagine the value of the visitors from google and other search channels is to the AP.
  • andreyf 17y ago
    Not very much, I'd imagine. They get their money by selling content, not ads on the web site.
    • jonknee 17y ago
      Google pays the AP for their content--that's what they are debating about.
• sahaj 17y ago
  this story seems to be implying that the contract has yet to expire. how can google pull the source if the contract from previous year has not expired yet?
  • vaksel 17y ago
    my guess is that the contract is on Google here...i.e. they signed a contract to do with the AP stuff as they please. Probably doesn't say anywhere in the contract that Google is required to display anything
• ilamont 17y ago
  Google News doesn't need AP, considering there is very little in the way of exclusive news or content. In some cases, there may be a slight time advantage to having breaking AP stories a few minutes before other sources, but I don't think most Google News readers see it as a source for breaking news -- and even among news junkies who do, they will already be plugged into alerts from original sources, such as CNN.