Google Halts its Newspaper Digitalization Project
by Max Eddy | 11:00 am, May 21st
After scanning and indexing over 3.5 million issues from over 2,000 newspapers, Google has decided to halt its news digitalization project. The search giant announced the halt in an email sent out to newspapers involved in the project, saying that they would be focusing instead on their Google One Pass subscription service.
Though Google is no longer accepting microfilm or issues for scanning, they have announced their intention to keep the archives free and available online at http://news.google.com/archivesearch. They will also be waiving the planned fee newspapers would have paid to receive copies of the digital archives for hosting on their own sites. For many newspapers, though, Google did not complete the process leaving the digital archives incomplete.
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