Online advertising still king for newspapers - Google's Schmidt

Google CEO Eric Schmidt (pictured) has told newspaper bosses they should continue to rely on advertising but needed to embraced new technology to support more profitable business models, and insisted Google was there to help, not harm.Speaking at the Newspapers Association of America convention in San Diego yesterday, Schmidt assured newspapers that advertising is still king on the internet, and subscription-based models or micropayment schemes can only account for a small amount of revenue.

by Staff