Re:This is NOT FAIR (Score 1)

First of all... google doesn't post AP stories. AP went after them years ago for republishing content they didn't pay for.

Second, why should google get money from their own ads for republishing AP content?

Third, google doesn't link to every website that has AP's story, just one. So of the 1000+ newspapers in the country that publish the AP story, one one gets the ad revenue from increased traffic. In this case, one newspaper makes a bundle, whereas the others see decreased traffic, all of which is determined by google. AP would prefer that a reader would go to their local newspaper's website, distributing the traffic.

AP doesn't publish content to readers; newspapers do. (trust me. This is a complicated business model.) AP is charging the people who publish their content and literally have been making millions off of (relatively) free information.

Finally, AP has always been a subscription based model, whereas the newspaper would pay by the number of newspapers published. It is just a sign of the times that paper newspapers are a dying breed, and online business is worth a whole lot more to everyone