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Ads in Google News? Cue Newspaper Industry Outcry in 3… 2… 1

John Paczkowski in News on February 26, 2009 at 9:13 am PT

Leave it to Google to find a bit of meat on the revenue-starved bones of the newspaper industry. On Wednesday, the company extended its AdWords program to Google News, serving up text ads alongside news searches much the same way it does regular Google searches.