Beneath these articles is the assumption that Google is making lots of money off of newspaper articles posted online. I don't think this is right. If anyone sho

Beneath these articles is the assumption that Google is making lots of money off of newspaper articles posted online. I don't think this is right. If anyone should be cutting the newspapers a check it should be Slashdot, Digg, Reddit, Hacker News etc. But just like every blog and pony show on the internet the newspapers run ads alongside their stories and they release their content freely to get views. It is hard to have any sympathy.