Seems not very legal...<p>I am sure this is illegal in Europe. There are strict rules for how much one can use from another website (limited number of words plus max size one image).<p>Google News complies to these rules (without adding its own ads) and still many publishers are battling it...
Google News has stopped in Spain last week because it has to pay the publishers starting Jan 1st.<p>Excerpt of Terms of Service of nytimes.com (just as an example, every publisher has something similar):<p>2.2 The Services and Contents are protected by copyright pursuant to U.S. and international copyright laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce (except as provided in Section 2.3 of these Terms of Service), create new works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content or the Services (including software) in whole or in part.<p>2.3 You may download or copy the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the Services for personal use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from The New York Times Rights and Permissions Department, or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Content.