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Google Scrapping 'First Click Free' Program

Google is doing away with its “first click free” program, which listed articles higher in search results if publishers agreed to offer some stories for free. “It’s Google’s most significant step yet to curry favor with news organizations that provide information for its search engine but have lost ad revenue from the rise of the internet,” Bloomberg reports. “Facebook Inc., the primary driver of online news traffic, is taking similar steps."

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