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| Google to limit free news access | Google to limit free news access |
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| Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced. | Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced. |
| The concession follows claims from some media companies that the search engine is profiting from online news pages. | The concession follows claims from some media companies that the search engine is profiting from online news pages. |
| Publishers will join a First Click Free programme that will prevent web surfers from having unrestricted access. | Publishers will join a First Click Free programme that will prevent web surfers from having unrestricted access. |
| Users who click on more than five articles in a day may be routed to payment or registration pages. | |
| 'Gaining' revenue | 'Gaining' revenue |
| "Previously, each click from a user would be treated as free," Google senior business product manager Josh Cohen said in a blog post. | "Previously, each click from a user would be treated as free," Google senior business product manager Josh Cohen said in a blog post. |
| "Now, we've updated the programme so that publishers can limit users to no more than five pages per day without registering or subscribing." | "Now, we've updated the programme so that publishers can limit users to no more than five pages per day without registering or subscribing." |
| Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had earlier accused firms such as Google of profiting from journalism by generating advertising revenue by linking readers to newspaper articles. | Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch had earlier accused firms such as Google of profiting from journalism by generating advertising revenue by linking readers to newspaper articles. |
| Some readers have discovered they can avoid paying subscription fees to newspaper websites by calling up their pages via Google. | Some readers have discovered they can avoid paying subscription fees to newspaper websites by calling up their pages via Google. |
| BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said the concession was relatively minor but Mr Murdoch might see it as vindication of his decision to take on Google. | BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said the concession was relatively minor but Mr Murdoch might see it as vindication of his decision to take on Google. |
| Google users may start seeing registration pages appear when they click for a sixth time on any given day at websites of publishers using the program, according to Mr Cohen. | Google users may start seeing registration pages appear when they click for a sixth time on any given day at websites of publishers using the program, according to Mr Cohen. |