In an attempt to bring printed history online, Google is all set to digitize the vast resource of currently “offline” news articles which were printed much before the advent of online journalism. The initiative will make available old newspapers and publications online. The millions of pages of old news archives will be soon searchable via the Google news archive.
This effort started off two years ago with a tie-up with the New York times and the Washington Post to digitize existing archives. With the current “expansion” Google eventually aims to make available almost every possible printed newspaper online – including the 244 year old Quebec Chronicle Telegraph, which is said to be the oldest newspaper in North America.
Google is currently working with more publishers and eventually aims to offer billions of pages of newsprint from around the globe. As of now, the company has not confirmed how many publishers have joined the project. Additionally, this is definitely going to cost Google a nice amount of money as Google will pay the cost for scanning the archives as well as the copyright bits involved. Additionally, publishers will also get a share of the revenue generated by the content based ads that will be displayed alongside the archives.
Another Salvo from Google! These guys never run out of ideas!
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