Google to Pay Publishers Over $1 Billion for News Content
- News Showcase product launches in Germany, Brazil Thursday
- News publishers have pressured Google for years over payment
This article is for subscribers only.
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years.
The company has set aside more than $1 billion to cover the program’s first three years, and will extend the program beyond that, Google said in a statement on Thursday. The search giant will pay publishers to provide blurbs for its news app and to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles, Google said.