IanCP - 8:19 pm on Nov 14, 2009 (gmt 0)

I'm with signor_john here. There appears to be an assumption throughout the discussion that News Ltd is the only source on Google News.

It may well be that on any given story of the moment there might be 100's of newspapers with the story, especially if it's breaking news from an official press release.

Murdoch's stable might only figure in 100th position on Google News on that story. Anyone aware of other news outlets similarly complaining?

Most publishers obviously feel that the benefits of having their stories available on Google News outweigh any disadvantages

Eggzactly. Murdoch won't win this argument. I don't know if he harbours the fantasy that his outlets are the sole source of exclusive news.

There are a hell of a lot of other online newspapers perfectly happy to see him disappear.

In any event were forgetting the main point. Is his mooted model of pay-per-view or subscription viable?

Excepting WSJ I'd say a resounding NO!