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Verne Kopytoff says Google’s News Archive Search blazes a middle ground to win over the news industry, which sees Google as threat that siphons traffic from its sites. Google’s users will get direct access to articles that are already available for free online, but they’ll have to pay for premium content. || WSJ: People will be able to search for news articles dating as far back as the 1700s.
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