Google In Talks with Publishers to Pay for Displaying News
- News publishers have butted heads with Google over copyright
- French regulator previously warned Google with legal action
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is in discussions with publishers about paying licensing fees to include excerpts of their articles in Google News search results.
The early-stage talks are taking place primarily with French and other European publishers, and may not lead to any agreements, a person familiar with the matter said. A deal would apply only to news products like the Google News vertical, they added, not general web content queries.