Redwood Shores, Calif. -- The Justice Department said that it won't challenge a proposal by Redwood Shores-based MyWire to form a new online subscription news aggregation service. The service, to be known as the Global News Service, would link news articles, video and audio clips from different publishers that relate to the same topic. Site publishers would be able to add a "related item" box to their pages, containing linked abstracts of content from other participating sites. Users would pay a subscription fee to access all fee-based content within the network. There would be no charge to view free content. MyWire submitted its proposal to the department to gauge whether it complied with antitrust laws. The department said that the service "has the potential to benefit consumers by allowing them to access a broad network of related content without having to conduct their own online searches."
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/February/10-at-190.html
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http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/February/10-at-190.html
