Publications including Der Spiegel, Stern and Handelsblatt will supply article previews for a coming Google feature: Google News Showcase https://t.co/vv8adm0pRa via @WSJ

— Martina Pennisi (@martinapennisi) October 1, 2020

?? Google is paying publishers *more than $1 billion* to create and curate high-quality content for a new news product it’s rolling out over the next 3 years.
— It’s by far the tech giant’s biggest commitment to publishers ever https://t.co/oDko0Rz8r3

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) October 1, 2020

This isn’t new, just a 3x increase in the financial commitment Google made a few years back. But as with all Google’s largess, it comes with strings attached. Embrace AMP & other G products + help us lobby for our agenda https://t.co/goIvlR3b5f https://t.co/HhhbyKKq6k pic.twitter.com/vg35xrwZ3X

— Luther Lowe (@lutherlowe) October 1, 2020

Google becomes a global publisher, while publishers become content producers for them. https://t.co/Jtcu9wLrfA

— pierre chappaz (@pierrechappaz) October 1, 2020

Some details:
- Launching first in Germany in Brazil (I spoke with a publisher in Brazil who said the money’s been really helpful)
- News “panels” allow pubs to curate their own stories in one place and eventually they can include things like audio and video as well as text https://t.co/R2XuWRAdaL

— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) October 1, 2020

Proud to announce our biggest commitment to the future of news yet: the launch of Google News Showcase - a new kind of news experience for publishers and readers - along with a $1 billion global investment in partnerships with publishers. https://t.co/zdCHuawyAp

— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) October 1, 2020

Interesting. Google is going to pay a selection of publishers for content and share audience data. Raises all the usual questions about who gets the money but seems significant. https://t.co/nX7yhBhA9i

— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) October 1, 2020

.@Google announced it will pay #publishers more than $1 billion to license #news content, incl. to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles. It's a major concession to an industry that has long accused it of unfairly using their content. https://t.co/nJ1i9V4RNP

— Natalia Drozdiak (@nat_droz) October 1, 2020

Google to Pay Publishers Over $1 Billion for News Content https://t.co/tZl7qmIhF3

— Mahesh Langa (@LangaMahesh) October 1, 2020

Big Google news - will be interesting to see if the Aus Code can still hold up https://t.co/lbae10IvIH

— David Skapinker (@DavidSkapinker) October 1, 2020

Google says it will pay publishers $1 billion for news$GOOG 他でもこういうの増えるんかな。 https://t.co/LB5ldOlN6y

— futsaller.nyc@米国株投資 (@FutsallerN) October 1, 2020

‘Quite cynical’: Publishers leery about Google’s $1 billion news licensing pot https://t.co/MkNfeelNIc by @Lucy28Southern

— Lara O'Reilly (@larakiara) October 1, 2020

NEW: Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years to create and curate high-quality journalism for a new set of features called Google News Showcase, executives tell Axios. https://t.co/WtjxszVYBj

— Axios (@axios) October 1, 2020

Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years to create and curate high-quality journalism for a new set of features called Google News Showcase, executives tell Axios https://t.co/dFUWietUZp

— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) October 1, 2020

5 - This is rich ... @Google wants to create a paid news "experience" - frankly, I'd settle for just the news ... being accurately reported by actual journalists who don't confuse doing so with virtue signaling or creating news.

Just sayin' ... https://t.co/EBeyOTZpFY

— Keith Fitz-Gerald (@fitz_keith) October 1, 2020

In our biggest move yet to support quality journalism, we’re investing $1 billion in a new experience called Google News Showcase, where we’ll partner with publishers to create & curate high-quality content.https://t.co/UDCZ96VBLD

— Kent Walker (@Kent_Walker) October 1, 2020

Google is making its biggest move yet to support the future of journalism. We’re launching a new news experience called Google News Showcase with an initial $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers and the future of news
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— Google Europe (@googleeurope) October 1, 2020

Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years through a new program for licensing news. https://t.co/FLGtc2J2VZ

— CNN International (@cnni) October 1, 2020

Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years through a new program for licensing news. https://t.co/JOzCKJldKm

— CNN International (@cnni) October 1, 2020

Google will pay publishers more than $1 billion over the next three years through a new program for licensing news. https://t.co/Jt8t4M6M4c

— CNN International (@cnni) October 1, 2020

Where there is a policy vacuum around news support, the platforms are making their own policies. Where it exists externally to the platforms - Australia for instance - there is resistance https://t.co/2bHNNU8ytP

— emily bell (@emilybell) October 1, 2020

Google is picking winners and losers in media.

“Google is deciding who to partner with on a market-by-market basis, with a focus on newspapers or sources with established audiences, as well as significant local and regional news outlets, he said.”https://t.co/X0kBnqIGCM pic.twitter.com/01ccA2hUv5

— Ari Lewis (@amlewis4) October 1, 2020

So if you are ok with Google paying off publishers as a band-aid for problems they called, well, you shouldn’t be https://t.co/QCZwjLjHJK - and my take, here for @openmarkets says why https://t.co/LhoSMJoh07

— Nikki Usher, Ph.D. (@nikkiusher) October 1, 2020

Google is paying publishers more than $1 billion to create and curate high-quality content - Axios https://t.co/lUtt4xvVTQ

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) October 1, 2020

Google to pay out $1B to publishers to license content for new Google News Showcase – TechCrunch https://t.co/A0VSnpIiwl

— Nancy Lane (@localmediarocks) October 1, 2020

Note which countries to start — Germany, UK and Australia specifically given antitrust scrutiny and lawsuits https://t.co/rLcHVvaVhv

— Millie Tran (@millie) October 1, 2020

Google officially launches its NEW 'News Showcase' feature for publishers https://t.co/ZryeHhW484 pic.twitter.com/t8SCpvTEiN

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) October 1, 2020