Google tells Canada's government the company will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect
President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …
Google plans to launch News Showcase, first announced in October 2020, in the US later this summer, alongside partnerships with five local news associations
William Turvill / Press Gazette :
Google launches News Showcase in France, partners with 65+ publishers representing 130+ outlets, and will offer “a limited amount” of paywalled content for free
Google has launched News Showcase in France, and it has teamed up with over 65 publishers representing over 130 publications …
Sources: Google signed News Showcase deals with Bloomberg Media and The Texas Tribune, but the feature is late to launch as other US outlets balk at the terms
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @keachhagey , @jason_kint , @matthewstoller , @froomkin , and @jtoonkel See also Mediagazer Tweets: @keachhagey : Google News Showcase, Google's program that pays publis...
Sources: Google delayed the US launch of News Showcase, live in 14 countries, to at least Q1 2022 as pubs find the offers underwhelming and doubt its efficacy
William Turvill / Press Gazette : Tweets: @newsalliance , @davidclinchnews , and @tomnamako See also Mediagazer Tweets: @newsalliance : .@NewsCEO tells @pressgazette: “We don't know what has been off...
Google says News Showcase will soon add free access to select paywalled articles, and it has doubled publisher partners to ~400 since its launch in October
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Google says News Showcase will soon add free access to select paywalled articles, and it has doubled publisher partners to ~400 since its launch in October
Google News Showcase visitors will soon be able to read select paywalled articles at no extra charge.
Google halts plans to launch News Showcase in Australia, says it isn't clear if the product will be viable under the country's draft News Media Bargaining code
Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg :
Google will pay publishers $1B+ through 2023 to create and curate high-quality journalism for the new Google News Showcase, starting in Germany and Brazil
to help convince governments not to take a whole lot more than that Sundar Pichai / The Keyword : Our $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers Byron Kaye / Reuters : Google drops Aus...