Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content
4 years, 2 months ago

Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their content, the company’s latest effort to defuse tensions over its dominance of the news industry. News companies want Google, and its Silicon Valley rival Facebook, to pay for the news content that they siphon from commercial media while taking the lion’s share of ad revenue. “By launching a product, they can dictate terms and conditions, undermine legislation designed to create conditions for a fair negotiation, while claiming they are helping to fund news production.” The council’s members include German publisher Axel Springer and the British unit of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which have been fighting a yearslong battle to get the tech giants to pay for news stories appearing on their platforms. Australia’s government is drafting a law to make Facebook and Google pay the country’s media companies for the news content they use by early October.

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Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
1 week, 5 days ago

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

Raw Story  

Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media. "The rapid growth of digital platforms in recent years has disrupted Australia's media landscape, and it is threatening the viability of public interest journalism," Communications Minister Michelle …

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don’t pay for news
1 week, 5 days ago

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don’t pay for news

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations. The tax would apply from Jan. 1 to tech companies that earn more than 250 million Australian dollars a year in revenue from Australia, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle …

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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1 week, 5 days ago

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to …

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system. The outlets said in a joint statement on Friday that OpenAI regularly breaches copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian …

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles
Trending News
1 month ago

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles

India TV News  

Efforts by U.S. antitrust regulators to break up Alphabet by forcing a sale of its Google Chrome browser and other proposals to limit its search dominance are likely to run into legal challenges on grounds the remedies are extreme. Google called the DOJ's approach "unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses," giving as examples diminished …

Column: Newsom and lawmakers bow to Google, sticking it to the news industry
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Newsom and lawmakers bow to Google, sticking it to the news industry

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room after a presidential debate between President Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Trump in Atlanta on June 27. Another bill, by Sen. Steve Glazer, would have imposed a “data extract fee” — a sales tax — on platforms that gross more than $2.5 billion annually from advertising to state residents. …

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal
4 months ago

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. “This public-private partnership builds on our long history of working with journalism and the local news ecosystem in our …

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms
4 months ago

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms

NPR  

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms Google and the state of California are paying 250 million dollars over the next five years to California news outlets, and research AI technology they say will assist journalists. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Lawmakers in California recently came up with a bold new proposal requiring Google to pay news outlets for their content. …

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?
5 months ago

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?

LA Times  

A man carries a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2012. If the News Media Bargaining Code became law, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said in a Senate hearing, the company would have “no real choice” but to stop making Google Search available in Australia. Rod Sims, an economist and former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer …

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?

LA Times  

Google would have to pay California news outlets under legislation being considered in Sacramento. California news publishers and Big Tech companies appear to be inching toward compromise on a controversial bill that would require Google and huge social media platforms to pay news outlets for the articles they distribute. However, he said, the demise of journalism harms democracy: “Thus, we …

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today
6 months, 1 week ago

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of information and broadcasting will hold an interministerial meeting on Wednesday to discuss the dominance of Big Tech companies in digital advertising and its disproportionate impact on digital news publishers and a possible legal framework to ensure a level playing field, according to a memorandum reviewed by HT. Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today …

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
7 months ago

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?

LA Times  

Ink specialist David Oma works at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in February. There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. Basically, the big internet platforms gobble up news outlets’ products and work without paying for it and build their own ad programs …

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
8 months, 1 week ago

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Supporters said the legislation would help level the playing field between news publishers and large digital platforms …

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers
9 months ago

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers

Live Mint  

France’s competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros, saying the search giant breached some commitments it made to negotiate license deals with an array of news publishers in the country. The Alphabet unit has for years been in the cross hairs of the French competition authority over its use of news publishers’ content in search results and, in 2022, Google …

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with a law that forces internet giants to strike licencing deals. Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook News publishers and governments like …

Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Google hit with $2.3 billion lawsuit by Axel Springer, other media groups

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company's practices in digital advertising. "The media companies involved have incurred losses due to a less competitive market, which is a direct result of Google's misconduct," a statement issued by their lawyers …

Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily
10 months ago

Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Thursday said it understood it was not required to pay for content of news publishers posted voluntarily by users in Indonesia, following a government regulation seeking a sharing of profits between digital platforms and media firms. Indonesia's president signed a regulation on Monday requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets that provide them with content, …

Why is it OK for rich guys to steal my work?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is it OK for rich guys to steal my work?

LA Times  

Every day, what’s left of the once-mighty ranks of reporters across this country tap out stories meant to inform, entertain and expose. “To me, it’s a basic fairness thing,” Wicks told me of the notion of internet platforms paying part of their profits to news publishers. “I also want them to do the right thing.” Mateen and his colleagues also …

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau
1 year ago

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Ottawa will keep pushing Meta to comply with a new law requiring large internet companies to pay Canadian news publishers for their content, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, but the Facebook parent stood by its decision to block news sharing rather than pay. "News outlets choose to use our free services because it helps their bottom line, and …

Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means
1 year ago

Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means

India TV News  

Canada and Google have reportedly worked out a deal about a new law that makes big internet companies share ad money with news publishers. Details of the Agreement According to TOI, if it's true, the deal means Google will make yearly payments, of about C$100 million, to news companies. Online News Act Background The Online News Act, a part of …

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
1 year ago

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canada’s government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. “Unfortunately Meta continues to completely abdicate any responsibility towards democratic institutions.” Pascale St-Onge, the minister of Canadian …

Facebook scraps multimillion-pound funding scheme as Sir Nick Clegg project fails
1 year, 3 months ago

Facebook scraps multimillion-pound funding scheme as Sir Nick Clegg project fails

The Telegraph  

Facebook’s Community News scheme was previously described by Sir Nick as something that “keeps journalism sustainable”. At the time of the tab’s 2018 launch, Facebook was under fire for allowing Russian troll farms to spread disinformation, including one notorious fake news factory linked to late Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Community News scheme helped Meta deflect criticism that its …

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news
1 year, 3 months ago

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news

The Hindu  

The Canadian regulator responsible for implementing the country's online news law on Thursday said it will start setting up a framework for negotiations between news organisations and internet giants this autumn, with the aim of initiating mandatory bargaining by early 2025. Canada's Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook …

Elon Musk-owned X sued by AFP over copyright issue
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk-owned X sued by AFP over copyright issue

The Hindu  

News company Agence France-Presse has sued the Elon Musk-owned X, previously known as Twitter, over copyright as it tries to force the social media platform to pay the news outlet in exchange for displaying its content. However, X has not entertained the matter and the news agency wants a Paris court to order the social media company to submit relevant …

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law
1 year, 5 months ago

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law

The Hindu  

Google on Thursday became the latest Silicon Valley giant to block Canadian users from seeing local news on its platform after Ottawa passed a bill requiring tech companies to pay for such content. The Online News Act became law last week, aiming to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen hundreds of publications close in the last decade. …

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law
1 year, 5 months ago

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law

NPR  

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Enlarge this image toggle caption LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images Googles said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

The Hindu  

Canada's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared that in order …

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news

LA Times  

Digital companies like Meta will have to pay media outlets for news content that they share on their platforms under an upcoming law in Canada. Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. Business California bill would force Big …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared …

Google Vows More Money, More Exposure for Local News
1 year, 6 months ago

Google Vows More Money, More Exposure for Local News

News 18  

Google on Wednesday announced that it is launching new partnerships to provide financial grants and training to nearly 1,000 local publications across the United States. “This funding will help local publishers overcome tech challenges, and create strategies and tactics for driving audience growth, individual giving and sponsorship revenue,” Chris Jansen, Head of Local News, Global Partnerships, said in a blog …

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress

ABP News  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms of employing "bullying tactics" in response to Canadian efforts to secure financial support for news publishers. The proposed legislation aims to compel internet giants such as Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial agreements and compensate publishers for their content. Google and Facebook argue that the provisions outlined in …

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau
1 year, 6 months ago

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are using "bullying tactics" against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. The proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants like Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial deals and pay publishers for their content. "The fact that these internet giants would rather …

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers. The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline …

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc.'s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government's legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has …

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill

The Hindu  

Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed, company executives told Canadian lawmakers on Wednesday. Canada's proposed legislation would force platforms like Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, part of …

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, shown in January, introduced a bill Monday that, if approved, would mandate that digital advertising giants pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside new stories. The California Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, announced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks on Monday, if approved, would direct digital advertising giants to pay news outlets a “journalism …

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 11, Facebook-owner Meta reiterated its stance against Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Introduced in April 2022, Canada’s ‘Online News Act,’ also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, aims to make Big Tech companies like Google and Meta compensate local news publishers for making the latter’s content available for users on its platforms. …

Google limits access to news in Canada as it tests proposed law
1 year, 10 months ago

Google limits access to news in Canada as it tests proposed law

The Hindu  

Google is blocking some Canadians' access to news, it confirmed Thursday, as part of a test in response to a law in the works that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content. Spokesman Shay Purdy told AFP that Google is "briefly testing potential product responses" to the Online News Act, which was introduced last April and is …

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill
2 years ago

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill

Firstpost  

Meta argues that publishers and broadcasters who put their content on platforms like Facebook or Twitter do so for better reach and to earn revenue, which benefits publishers and broadcasters, not distributors like Facebook or Twitter. Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will “be forced to consider removing news” from Facebook if a new …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news
2 years ago

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news

Live Mint  

New Zealand said it would seek to require online platforms like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. to pay news publishers for content, becoming the latest country to wade into a worldwide debate about whether tech giants unfairly benefit from news shared on their platforms. New Zealand’s proposal will be based on a similar law in Australia …

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news
2 years ago

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

The Hindu  

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. to pay New Zealand media companies for the local news content that appears on their feeds. Minister of Broadcasting Willie Jackson said in a statement on Sunday that the legislation will be modelled on …

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 21, Meta threatened to block news content from Facebook in Canada. The law can force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content. The law lays down rules that mandate platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate deals with news publications. Tech companies like Facebook profit …

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content
2 years, 5 months ago

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content

News 18  

aceAustralia’s “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” has made it compulsory for the Big Tech companies to pay news publishers for showing links on their platforms. Recently, the minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Times of India, that the government is thinking about passing a law requiring tech companies such as Google, Meta, …

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means
2 years, 5 months ago

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means

India Today  

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly putting the final touches to a new piece of legislation that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they display on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel global tech majors such as Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and …

Google Paying More Than 300 EU Publishers for News, More to Come
2 years, 7 months ago

Google Paying More Than 300 EU Publishers for News, More to Come

News 18  

Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced publicly later on Wednesday followed the adoption of landmark EU copyright rules …

CCI orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of position in online news market
2 years, 8 months ago

CCI orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of position in online news market

The Hindu  

The Competition Commission of India has ordered a probe into complaints against Google for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the online news market. In a statement, the Indian Newspapers Society said that Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google India Private Limited, Google Ireland Limited and Google Asia Pacific Pte Limited are allegedly abusing their dominant position related to news referral …

Now tech giants Google and Facebook may be forced to pay newspapers for their stories
2 years, 10 months ago

Now tech giants Google and Facebook may be forced to pay newspapers for their stories

Daily Mail  

Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the Government. Concern: Nadine Dorries wants to rein in the power of the tech platforms The unit will also investigate the algorithms used by search engines such as Google, which many news …

Google Signs Five Year Deal to Pay for News From Global Agency AFP
3 years, 1 month ago

Google Signs Five Year Deal to Pay for News From Global Agency AFP

News 18  

Alphabet’s Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for its news content as part of broad five-year partnership announced Wednesday that marks one of the biggest licensing deals struck by a tech giant under a new French law. The AFP accord follows France enacting a copyright law that creates “neighboring rights,” requiring big tech companies to open talks with news publishers …

Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content: executives
3 years, 1 month ago

Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content: executives

The Hindu  

Google and Agence France-Presse on Wednesday said they had signed a "pioneering" five-year deal under which the world's biggest internet search company will pay an undisclosed sum for content in Europe. After initially being reluctant to pay French newspapers for the use of their content, Google finally signed a three-year framework agreement with some of the nation's press in early …

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