According to Fuencisla Clemares, VP of Google Iberia, Alphabet also intended to introduce Google News Showcase in Spain.
On Wednesday, Alphabet reopened Google News in Spain, eight years after it had to close the service due to a Spanish law requiring it and other news aggregators to pay publishers for using their news snippets.
Madrid enacted legislation last year incorporating the updated 2020 European Union copyright regulations, enabling media organizations to engage in direct negotiations with the tech giant.
The action prompted Google to declare last year that Google News would reopen the following year.
According to a blog post by Fuencisla Clemares, vice president for Iberia, “Google News is returning to Spain today, on the global 20th anniversary of Google News, and after a nearly eight-year hiatus.”
She added that the business intended to quickly introduce Google News Showcase, its platform for compensating news publishers, in Spain.
In the meantime, Alphabet’s Google announced on Tuesday that the French antitrust authority had accepted a number of commitments it had made regarding a copyright law intended to compensate news publishers for the use of content online.
The authority also stated that a fine it levied against Google last year in the amount of EUR 500 million (roughly Rs 4,120 crore) was now final because the US online giant had given up its appeal. Last year, Google settled the penalty.
With the decisions, the authority’s investigation into Google is concluded. Google has agreed to hold discussions with news organizations and other publishers to negotiate a fee for using their news.
