hearst corp.

Google is considering a plan to expand its Android newsstand -- and heat rivalry with Apple's iTunes -- by charging publishers a lower price to sell news to Android users than the 30% fee that Apple typically charges to sell apps on iTunes. Will that be enough to attract more news?

Dow Jones and Co., a unit of News Corp., announced Tuesday that it is buying out Hearst's remaining 50% stake in SmartMoney, making Dow Jones the sole owner of the personal finance magazine.

As we witness the decline of the newspaper industry, I strongly question the commonly held belief that the reading public has proven conclusively that they won't pay for online newspapers. I think that they have shown that they don't want to read their newspapers on their computer. But computers...