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Google decides to drop Australia from News Showcase launch
- Saturday | 3rd October, 2020
After naming Australia, Germany and Brazil as markets where it would start paying publishers to feature their news, the Alphabet Inc unit dropped Australia from the product’s launch this week because its antitrust body has since pushed for laws forcing Google to pay royalties for content industry-wide. Google said it has therefore “paused” contracts with five local publishers whose news was due to feature on News Showcase, which presents content on swipeable cards it dubs story panels. “Although our concerns about the code are serious, we hope they can be resolved so we can bring News Showcase to Australia soon,” Silva said. We’ve been talking to Google all the way through and they’ve been far more open-minded than their public campaign might suggest,” Ketchell said. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims, who plans to make a final policy recommendation about Big Tech content royalties this month, said he was aware of “voluntary commercial arrangements offered by the large platforms”.
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