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B2B Articles - May 12, 2009 12:17:59 AM - By Ironpaper

Google To Invest In News Industry

Google, often the antagonist of the newspaper industry, has recently began talks with the New York Times and the Post about a potential collaboration (source: Fortune and The Washington Post). Google obviously benefits from the content produced by the New York Times and others in the news industry--yet Google has been regarded more as a leech than a contributor to a symbiotic relationship. Such a collaboration could be an act of preservation to a troubled industry.