I am not the only one dreaming of conspiracy theories surrounding Google News…well, it is more of a fact: The minute Google News runs paid advertising of any sort it could face a torrent of cease-and-desist letters from the legal departments of newspapers…other publishers might simply block users originating from Google News, effectively snuffing it out.
Rex Hammock: The logic that concludes that ads on Google News will lead publishers to sue Google may be legally valid, but I’d bet Google News delivers a significant percentage of the eyeballs those publishers are monetizing (finally) in other ways, or directly from Google’s AdSense program, causing them to be hard-pressed to bite that hand.
Related: MSN’s Newsbot on MSNBC.com
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