Google News, U.S. Edition, Adds 'Editor Picks'

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Google News, U.S. Edition, Adds 'Editor Picks' [googlenewsblog.blogspot.com]

To help connect you to the best works of news publishers, Google News is introducing a new section in the right-hand column of the U.S. edition. The section is called "Editors' Picks,” and it displays original content that publishers have selected as highlights from their publications. This is the latest addition to recent improvements we’ve made to the variety and presence of stories and multimedia on Google News.

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I like the idea that these picks are curated by the news sites themselves and they're not under Google's direct control. Seems this was an experiment last year (2010) [niemanlab.org] that I missed somehow.

Note: Any Google News site that wants to participate in "Editor's Picks" can learn the details of the program here: Editors' Picks RSS feeds [google.com]