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“te move is even more significant because it turns Google News into an editorial product rather than simply an aggregator. The Google News team now makes decisions about what responses go up and what gets left behind. Think about that.”

Lloyd Shepherd: “if I owned a newspaper which created a lot of original content and which had built up a big core audience, I’d certainly be asking questions about whether it was worthwhile my content appearing on Google News anymore.”

Simon Dickson: “Far from building a business on other people’s content, Google News (surely?) acts as a generator of extra traffic for those very news publishers. But this changes things quite dramatically.”

Interactive map of homocide victims in Los Angeles, based on county coroner data and Times research.

Tish Grier: “Reality check: These days, even the big-time newspapers of record don’t hire enough experienced moderators to manage their own flow of comments.”

Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday that the company probably will sell Dow Jones local U.S. newspapers after buying the publisher.</p>

“Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday that the company is looking closely at granting free access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site, but has not decided yet.”

“Friends of the Earth said on Thursday it had withdrawn a controversial bid to become a charity partner of BSkyB.”

“As of Wednesday, Freakonomics.com redirects to a dedicated space in the Online Opinion section and has its own editor, Melissa Lafsky (hired away from Huffington Post).”

“Perfect 10, Inc. announced that it has filed an action against Microsoft for copyright infringement, relating to Microsoft’s operation of its MSN search engine, after attempts at settlement failed. Perfect 10 is currently in litigation against Google a

More on the BBC Mundo multi-media, social media reporting triip across the United States.

Seamus McCauley: “My tentative conclusion was that newspapers’ core value is in verification – in deciding what to print on the basis of whether it is (verifiably) true.”

Possible effects on newspapers: (1) More people look to Google first for news (2) More ‘newsmakers’ turn to Google for news (3) reduced credibility (4) Google builds up contacts book of news sources.