Google will pay publishers over US$1 billion over the next 3 years for high-quality journalism.
Google to pay out $1B to publishers to license content for new Google News Showcase – TechCrunch
Google has long had a frenemy position with the world of news: it can direct a lot of traffic to online publishers, but that’s only if people bother to click on links after getting the gist of the story from Google itself (and that’s before considering the AMP approach on mobile that keeps users on Google URLs after they click).
Link: Google to pay out $1B to publishers to license content for new Google News Showcase
via techcrunch.com
