Less than a year ago, Google launched a digitization project to archive as old newspapers. Google has announced they have quadrupled the amount of articles in the Google News Archive.

Google has added Halifax Gazette, Sydney Morning Herald, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Village Voice. Plus Google added international sources, such as the Manila Standard, The Nation from Thailand, and many others.

Give it a try at Google News Archive.

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