Google, a major IT company in the United States, has announced that it has agreed to partner with multiple Japanese media outlets for a service that distributes articles from affiliated media outlets for a fee.
Last year, Google launched a new news distribution service called the "Google News Showcase," which will pay affiliated media outlets $ 1 billion over three years to use articles and other materials.
A Google spokeswoman said by the 11th that it had agreed to partner with several Japanese media outlets.
However, the specific media name has not been announced, and the time to start the service is undecided.
According to the company, the distribution service has so far been attended by more than 450 media outlets in Europe and South America, such as Reuters, France's leading newspaper, and Le Monde.
While major IT companies generate huge advertising revenue from services on the Internet, many existing media such as newspapers are facing a decline in advertising revenue, and news media in each country are increasingly demanding payment of article usage fees. I will.
Of these, Australia is aiming to pass a bill that effectively requires the government to pay royalties for viewing news media articles to IT giants such as Google.
On the other hand, Google and others have strongly repelled, and the competition between major IT companies and the news media over the price of articles is intensifying.