On Big Tech and News Publishers, Canada Must Follow Australia’s Lead

Last month, Google announced deals that will see it pay eight Canadian publishers—including The Globe and Mail, the Winnipeg Free Press and Village Media—to license their content on a product called Google News Showcase, launching this fall. The companies didn’t disclose the terms. It came on the heels of Facebook signing agreements with 14 of Canada’s upstart digital publishers for what it called its News Innovation Test, to include selected links on their pages that bring users to news sites. Again, the companies didn’t disclose the terms.

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