The EU has struggled to act on complaints that Google unfairly displays publishers’ content, while media executives have long argued that their journalism is what’s drawing users to those platforms, while the tech companies are capturing most of the online ad spend. — Bloomberg
Alphabet Inc’s Google has reached a deal with French media publishers, months after the county’s competition authority urged it to pay publishing companies and news agencies for using their content.
The US tech firm said in a statement, alongside the Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale, that it will negotiate individual license agreements with publishers, based on factors including contribution to political and general information, and the daily volume of publications. The company and the union didn’t share financial details.
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