I interviewed the AP Media Director who denied that they had anything to do with GN duplication cut; he said their contract was in place since last Dec. So isn’t it a coincidence that it [dup. cut] goes into affect the same day GN starts displaying wireservice content? The suffrage for many publishers from that action was great. The AP MD “denied that they had anything to do with Google’s actions and that their members actually ok’d the deal last year.” Hah!

But there is a development brewing for alternative sources like p2pnet Jon, you should contact me about that.

If you want to read our story on the Google News deal with the newswires, you might be surprised to find that it prompted them [ap] to contact me:
http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/12407 We did a follow up story where the AP Media Director was quoted, but the link escapes at this time

I’m working hard to try to find a way to keep p2pnet going without having to carry any advertising. A recent effort which looked promising went down the tubes this weekend and now it’s back to square one. However, I firmly believe alternative news, information and commentary outlets such as p2pnet are absolutely essential if freedom of speech and expression are to survive in the face of continuing corporate and government efforts to suppress them and I’m determined to keep trying to find ways to keep p2pnet online.