Google Working On Micropayment Scheme To Help Newspapers Commit Suicide Faster
Friday, September 11th, 2009
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Now this is funny. One of the undercurrent themes found in all of the “newspaper guy blaming Google for newspaper demise” stories is the idea that Google should also come to the rescue of newspapers. Usually, this means by just forking over some of its massive profits, but other times it’s based on odd claims that Google has a responsibility to create the new business model for journalism. Well, it appears that Google is stepping into that breach… but it strikes me as an elaborate practical joke. That’s because Google has alerted the newspaper world that it’s working on a micropayment solution via its seldom-used Google Checkout offering, that could be used as a form of a paywall. Of course, we’ve been waiting for newspapers to actually offer just such a paywall, so that we can watch it fail and get on with our lives.
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