Google Announces Deals to Pay Hundreds of EU News Publishers

Google will pay hundreds of European news publishers for their content as part of licensing agreements under the European Copyright Directive, the company said Wednesday. Google reached agreements with “more than 300 national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland,” the company said. Google will launch a new tool to allow for potential agreements with “thousands more news publishers, starting in Germany and Hungary, and rolling out to other EU countries over the coming months,” said News and Publishing Partnerships Director Sulina Connal.