Google, who has been aggregating news from newspaper websites for a long time without providing remuneration to the publishers, have now reached a revenue sharing agreement with 36 newspapers and magazines.
An example of the Fast Flip application for the Washington Post…and the advertising possibility on the right
The deal is based on a new development from Google called the Fast Flip e-reader (http://fastflip.googlelabs.com), a software which lets the user read papers or magazines on the web (or mobile phones) in much the same way as they would the hard copy – by flipping pages – and there’s no delay in loading new pages. There’s no information about exactly how the ad revenue share is split between Google and the publishers.
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/media/20090916-google-unveils-fast-flip-e...
Below, the Fast Flip kiosk with newspapers and magazines participating to the test
