The phrase "in general interest" is correct and usable in written English
It is often used to mean 'of benefit to the public' or 'for the public good'. For example, "The government recently passed a new law in general interest of all citizens".
Like newspapers, portals like AOL and Yahoo are confronting the cold fact that there is less general interest in general interest news.
The New York Times does not review print-on-demand titles, as the newspaper's policy is to review books that are widely available only in general interest bookstores, said Catherine Mathis, vice president for corporate communications.
We can already observe the increase in general interest in immaterial and spiritual things and it may be a central aspect of the transformation of values operating in society.
In general, interest assessment is useful for those considering a variety of occupations, but it may be of little use for those deciding between two closely related research fields.
The flip side is the rise in general interest about the teachings of Marx and that of his disciples like Rudolf Hilferding, Kautsky and many others.
Once the exclusive domain of government engineers and academics, the Internet was now a subject of discussion in general interest magazines like The New Yorker.
It has financed special displays in general-interest bookstores and superstores like Wal-Mart.
He published widely — in quarterlies, in journals of opinion, in general-interest magazines, like this one.
He published widely — in quarterlies, in journals of opinion, in general-interest magazines, like this one, and in big-circulation monthlies, like Esquire, where he served as the movie critic for six years.
There is the eclipse of the public intellectual in the general media by the pundit who substitutes outrageousness for thoughtfulness, and the concomitant decline of the essay in general-interest magazines.
Professor Knox was admired for the clear and powerful prose he brought to his essays, many of them published in general-interest magazines like The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic and The New York Review of Books.
