The real blow to newspapers was not Google, but Craig'slist. If you talk to online news sites they will tell you they gets tens of thousands of hits to their Web sites from Google news.
Of course, Google, like any company, usually does stuff to benefit itself, but its owners are also capable of seeing the bigger picture and doing things for the benefit of society.
And, fortunately, Google's interests and society's interests are often -- not always -- well aligned.
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