FWIW, Google Groups powers email distribution lists for Gmail for Work. Or at least, the two are strongly linked.<p>At this point, unlike Reader, there&#x27;s real cash behind the functionality. It&#x27;s possible they could just fold it into Gmail, I guess, but with other mail interfaces like Inbox popping up in the Google ecosystem it seems if anything they&#x27;re trying not to shoehorn too much more into a flagship product.<p>My guess is Groups will stick around for a while yet.