I think The Guardian explicitly said they would not block Google News because it would, obviously, leave them devoid of traffic:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technol..._about_Google/
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Originally Posted by Guardian
Content creators cannot simply remove their content from the dominant player because the damage to their business would be significant. As such, this increasingly appears to be an issue that requires examination from the point of view of competition law principles.
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I don't think headlines count, Google get money from people using them as what is essential a front end to many sites. They still link to the content, which is where the news companies need to find a way to gain profit from their work.
I am not sure where the companies can claim that Google saying "this content can be found here" is unfair. By that logic anyone who makes a site is contributing towards Google's profits by being something to index and therefore should be paid! As the Guardian point out by preventing their site to be indexed they will lose a ton of traffic.
They can't have it both ways. Google gives them traffic and pays for the pleasure of doing so.