A new Web site will be launched Thursday by the nation's three major newspaper publishers — Nikkei Inc., The Asahi Shimbun Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings — that will allow viewers to compare the content of their news, the publishers said Wednesday.
By accessing the new Web site, users will be able to compare front page news, general news and editorials of the three newspapers free of charge. "Through this business tieup, we hope to create new value as news media and increase our influence on the Internet," said Kohei Osada, head of Nikkei-Asahi-Yomiuri Internet Business Partnership, the organization in charge of the Web site.
The move comes as the industry faces difficulty maintaining an extensive home delivery system, particularly in remote areas where the population is dwindling.