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Google launches News Showcase in Australia in sign of compromise over media code – The Guardian
Deal under which tech giant will pay publishers to host content comes after it threatened to withdraw search
Google has launched its News Showcase product in Australia in a sign the company is seeking a way to avoid acting on its threat to withdraw search from the country in response to the federal governments proposed news media code.
The product was launched on Friday with seven Australian publishers Google will pay to host content in Showcase. The initial deals cover 25 mastheads, including the Canberra Times, the Illawarra Mercury, the Saturday Paper and Crikey.
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