<s>
Living	B-Application
Stories	I-Application
is	O
a	O
project	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
along	O
with	O
collaboration	O
from	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
and	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
for	O
presenting	O
news	O
that	O
started	O
from	O
December	O
2009	O
-	O
February	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stories	O
that	O
ran	O
are	O
still	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
living	B-Application
stories	I-Application
website	O
but	O
are	O
not	O
being	O
currently	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Living	B-Application
Stories	I-Application
interface	O
allowed	O
readers	O
to	O
view	O
multiple	O
threads	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
story	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
RSS	O
feed	O
,	O
a	O
summary	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
a	O
timeline	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
features	O
all	O
while	O
allowing	O
the	O
reader	O
to	O
view	O
updated	O
information	O
while	O
filtering	O
or	O
highlighting	O
what	O
the	O
reader	O
has	O
already	O
read	O
about	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Living	B-Application
Stories	I-Application
was	O
preferred	O
over	O
reading	O
traditional	O
news	O
formats	O
by	O
75%	O
of	O
the	O
people	O
surveyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
experimental	O
period	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
February	O
17	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
code	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Neha	O
Singh	O
,	O
software	O
engineer	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
"	O
Open	O
sourcing	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
the	O
logical	O
next	O
stage	O
of	O
the	O
experiment	O
and	O
was	O
always	O
planned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
we	O
had	O
said	O
that	O
hosting	O
the	O
stories	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Labs	O
was	O
temporary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Times	O
and	O
Post	O
had	O
teams	O
of	O
reporters	O
publishing	O
through	O
the	O
Living	B-Application
Stories	I-Application
format	O
for	O
over	O
two	O
months	O
,	O
which	O
helped	O
us	O
collect	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
feedback	O
,	O
and	O
improve	O
the	O
code.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Living	B-Application
Stories	I-Application
does	O
pose	O
a	O
problem	O
for	O
the	O
revenue	O
model	O
of	O
newspapers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
publishers	O
could	O
potentially	O
post	O
advertisements	O
alongside	O
the	O
articles	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
shared	O
revenue	O
model	O
elaborated	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Fast	I-Application
Flip	I-Application
.	O
</s>
