[LINK] LeMonde > Murdoch + Once-Was-Fairfax?

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Trying to relive the old days, on Saturday morning I treated myself to 
two printed newspapers to read over breakfast. Is this still a market?

The itnews article mentions Google News Showcase

> Google News Initiative
> Our $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers
...
> We’ve signed partnerships for News Showcase with nearly 200 leading 
> publications across Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and 
> Australia
>
https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/google-news-showcase/

Marghanita

On 22/1/21 9:59 pm, Roger Clarke wrote:
> [ There was an interesting juxtaposition of stories today.
>
> [ The Gorilla Strategy: Provided that we retain the capacity to use our
> market power to beat content-providers to a pulp and agree to pay
> pitiful amounts to publishers, that's alright. Pass a platform-specific
> law??? <Spit>. ]
>
> [ Le Monde, assuming it sustains the public's belief that it delivers
> quality news, commentary and style, may get by - at least as long as
> Google's much-vaunted translation software produces low-grade output. ]
>
> _______
>
> Google seals content payment deal with French news publishers
> Mathieu Rosemain
> itNews
> Jan 22 2021
> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/google-seals-content-payment-deal-with-french-news-publishers-560049
>
> Google and a French publishers' lobby said on Thursday they had agreed a
> copyright framework under which the US tech giant will pay news
> publishers for content online, in a first for Europe.
> ...
> Google has so far only signed licensing agreements with a few
> publications in France, including national daily newspapers Le Monde and
> Le Figaro. These take into account the framework agreed with APIG, a
> Google spokesman said.
> [ Comment deleted about blowing the house down. ]
> ...
> The deal follows months of bargaining between Google, French publishers
> and news agencies over how to apply revamped EU copyright rules, which
> allow publishers to demand a fee from online platforms showing extracts
> of their news.
>
> The world's biggest search engine initially fought against the idea of
> paying publishers for content, saying their websites benefited from
> greater traffic brought by Google.
>
> _______
>
> Google threatens to withdraw search engine in Australia
> Justin Hendry
> itNews
> Jan 22 2021
> https://www.itnews.com.au/news/google-threatens-to-withdraw-search-engine-in-australia-560068
>
> Google has threatened to stop making its search engine available in
> Australia if the federal government’s landmark mandatory media
> bargaining law passes in its current form.
> ...
>
> _______
>
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