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Many Consumers Willing To Pay For Online News

Even with a global recession, newspapers have a long-term future, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Association of Newspapers. Despite the potential for growth online, print remains the largest source of revenue for newspaper companies and will continue to be so for some time. Consumers are willing to pay for online content, with two-thirds indicating they would pay for general news content online.

World Association of Newspapers Tries to Block Google-Yahoo! Deal

A couple weeks ago, Google said it would go forward with its proposed deal with Yahoo!, which would see Google supplying ads to Yahoo!, if the U.S. Department of Justice had not yet blocked them from doing so. In other words, they aren't gong to wait for an investigation to play out before they begin.