Google Signs Deal With French Media to Pay for Content
- European publishers have pushed regulators for over a decade
- U.S. tech firm will negotiate individual license agreements
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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 U.S. 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.