Discussion

• @kent_walker Kent Walker on x

  Google News Showcase has launched in Australia with some great regional and independent news partners. This marks the next step in how we're supporting Australian journalism by paying publishers to curate content for this new news experience. https://blog.google/...

• @cameronwilson @cameronwilson on x

  a truly fitting outcome from this whole saga would be the Australian Government paying several billion dollars TO Google and Facebook https://www.afr.com/...

• @swan_legend David Swan on x

  Google launches News Showcase in Australia, says it will pay publishers for “curatorial expertise, for beyond-the-paywall access, and to curate content for story panels” but not clicks. The latest sign the tech giant will stay put https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ ... https://twi…

• @aus_media @aus_media on x

  Australia's competition watchdog says Google's newly-launched News Showcase ignores the biggest problem in its relationship with Australia's publishers. | By @swan_legend https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ ...

• @googledownunder @googledownunder on x

  Since launching News Showcase last year, we've doubled the number of publications that are part of the product globally; there are now over 450 publications across a dozen countries such as the U.K., Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Japan → https://blog.google/... 4/

• @ians_india @ians_india on x

  Amid the ongoing new media code row, #Google (@Google) has launched its News Showcase platform in #Australia where a growing number of local and regional publishers will be paid to provide content for News Showcase. https://twitter.com/...

• @sarafischer Sara Fischer on x

  Google & FB have created distinct products for news (Google News Showcase, Facebook News Tab) where they're willing to pay a lot for news — But regulators in Australia want to go after their main products (Search, News Feed) — Both firms are threatening to pull out of the region …

• @myllyme @myllyme on x

  Talk about timing. Google launches News Showcase in Australia - just a minute after it has threatened to pull out the market. Remarkable. @mediamorphis @VWPickard https://twitter.com/...

• @merryboffin Sophie on x

  Congrats to News Showcase partners “some of the country's most respected independent, local and regional publications including The Canberra Times, The Illawarra Mercury, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, The New Daily, InDaily and The Conversation.” #Auspol https://blog.google/... htt…

• @googledownunder @googledownunder on x

  News Showcase in Australia includes content from regional and national media like The Illawarra Mercury, The Canberra Times, Crikey, The Saturday Paper, The New Daily, InDaily, InQueensland and The Conversation. We're working to bring more on soon → https://blog.google/... 2/ htt…

• @timvcm Tim Hughes on x

  @nickdallariva @deniseshrivell No serious platform could accept the proposed bargaining code. What Google has agreed to in France and elsewhere is entirely different. It is NOT for search but for its News Showcase. It is happy to do that in Australia but Murdoch wants to use G po…