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News Corp closer to paid content with Skiff acquisition

The news industry has faced some massive struggles in recent years, and the online arena fuelling much strife for traditional outlets. With much news content available online and at no cost, it’s little wonder that news providers have been hunting for ways to monetise the service they provide online, as well as off. Now it seems that News Corporation is one step closer to making paid-for content a reality, as the organisation has acquired Skiff - an electronic reading platform. Rupert Murdoch’s news empire - which includes a large number of titles such as the The New York Post and The Wall Street Journal - has also invested in a company that was developing pay models for newspapers and magazines, reports the New York Times.

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News Corp closer to paid content with Skiff acquisition

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Google News subject to antitrust investigation in Italy

Google has become the subject of an antitrust investigation after publishers in Italy accused the Mountain View giant of dropping their sites from its search engine . The Times reports that Google’s increasing dominance across online markets makes them a target of constant scrutiny by antitrust authorities. This latest complaint was directed by Italian newspapers who claim to have witnessed their websites rapidly falling off Google’s radar after they declined to allow their stories to be published to the Google News service.

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Google News subject to antitrust investigation in Italy