This archive report was first published on 25 June 2020.
On Thursday, Google took a step towards resolving its long-standing dispute with publishers, announcing a licensing program to pay media groups in Australia, Brazil, and Germany for high-quality content.
According to Brad Bender, Google's vice-president for news, the new program aims to pay publishers for content used in a news experience launching later this year.
“Today, we are announcing a licensing programme to pay publishers for high-quality content for a news experience launching later this year,” Bender said in a blog post.
Google will start by partnering with publishers in several countries, with more deals to come soon. The new product will be available on Google News and Discover.
Additionally, Google will offer to pay for free access to read paywalled articles on a publisher's site where available.
The publishers that will be paid for their content include Germany's Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit, and Rheinische Post, Australian groups Schwartz Media, The Conversation, and Solstice Media, and Brazil's Diarios Associados and A Gazeta.
France's competition authority had previously ordered Google to pay French publishers for using their content, while Australia had also threatened to force the company and Facebook to share advertising revenue with local media groups.
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