New By Uttarakhand Sandesh 2021-02-17

Google News Content Payment Row: Australia Says New Laws Already Working

Australia on Wednesday said promised laws forcing tech giants to pay media outlets for content had already succeeded after reports that publisher and broadcaster Nine Entertainment agreed on a licensing deal with Google. The Alphabet owned company agreed to pay Nine more than AUD 30 million (roughly Rs. 170 crores) a year for its content, two of Nine's newspapers reported, citing unidentified industry sources. The deal would be formally signed in the next two weeks, the newspapers said. A Nine spokeswoman declined to comment to Reuters. A Google spokesman also declined to comment.