Google To Pay $100M A Year To Canadian News Outlets – One America News Network

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OAN’s James Meyers
7:37 AM – Thursday, November 30, 2023

Google has agreed to pay $100 million annually to Canadian publishers as part of a deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to avoid a news blackout. 

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The billion dollar tech company made the agreement with Canadian officials, which means Canadian news outlets would receive payments from Google in exchange for content being made available on its search engine, according to a report by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday.

The deal comes after months of negotiations took place with an approaching December 19th deadline to comply with Canada’s Online News Act, which requires compensation from digital platforms with 20 million monthly users and annual revenues of more than $1 billion.

Additionally, Google and…

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