News Corp strikes a news partnership deal with Google
The company is set to receive ‘significant payments’ to feature news outlets in Google’s News Showcase
17 February 2021 - 21:54
New York — News Corp struck a global news deal with Alphabet's Google, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company said on Wednesday, in one of the most extensive deals of its kind with Big Tech.
The companies will develop a subscription platform, share advertising revenue through Google's ad technology services, build out audio journalism and develop video journalism by YouTube. The deal comes after years of public feuding between Murdoch and Google, most recently in Australia, where Google has threatened to shut down its search engine to avoid “unworkable” content laws...
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