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California Reaches Deal With Google Over Journalism Legislation

Showdown with California avoided. Google reaches $250m agreement to avoid California Journalism Preservation Act

Consequences of Assembly Bill 886. Google begins removing California news websites from some search results

Agreement with Canadian government will see Google pay local news publishers $73 million a year. Meta dispute however, continues

Search engine giant Google becomes second tech firm to block news on its platform in Canada, after new law passed

Facebook owner warns American Congress it may remove US news from its platform if it passes “ill-considered journalism bill”

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After an eight year absence, Alphabet re-opens its Google News service for users in Spain, after a dispute over publisher payments

Five year deal signed with Agence France-Presse for news content on Google, as publishing contracts continue to be signed

Clash that saw Google threaten to withdraw services from Australia altogether, to be settled with fresh investment in the country

After a seven year absence, the Google News service is to be restored in Spain, after the government there passes EU legislation

More licence deals signed with European content publishers for the Google News Showcase scheme, ahead of its launch in Italy

International media group that includes newspapers such as the Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Sun, sign three year deal with Google

Facebook called it 'bad legislation' and Google says it is 'unworkable', and threatened to pull out, as Australia gears up to vote on new bill

Service launched down under in bid to neutralise Australian government effort to force firms to pay local content publishers