CNET News Daily Podcast: Google fires back at publishers

A day after the editor of The Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators as "parasites," the search giant has something to say about the matter.

Leslie Katz Former Culture Editor

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably playing online word games, tending to her garden or referring to herself in the third person.

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Third place film critic, 2021 LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

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Leslie Katz

April 7, 2009 5:38 p.m. PT

A day after the editor of The Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators--particularly Google and its Google News product--as "parasites or tech tapeworms," Google is firing back. CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy gets to the gist of the conflict.

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