Google to Unveil News Archive

Google Inc. is expanding its online news index to include stories published years ago, continuing the Internet search leader’s recent efforts to create new sales channels for long-established media while it strives to make its own website even more useful.

The news archive to be unveiled today includes old articles provided by a long list of media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time magazine and the Washington Post.

Until now, Google’s 4-year-old news search service has focused primarily on stories posted on the Web during the last 30 days.