Paris (AFP)

Google announced Thursday the signing of agreements with "a number of publishers of the daily press and magazines including Le Monde, Courrier International, L'Obs, Le Figaro, Liberation, and L'Express" as part of the negotiations on neighboring rights.

"We are currently in discussions with many other players in the national and regional daily press, as well as the magazine press," adds the American giant in a blog post.

These neighboring rights provide for remuneration for the content of press publishers (photos and videos in particular) used by online platforms.

Google initially refused to pay the French press, triggering a standoff with the sector.

The French Competition Authority had ordered him to negotiate with publishers, a decision validated by the Paris Court of Appeal.

In addition to these first individual agreements, Google continues to negotiate with the Alliance of the General Information Press on a framework agreement, negotiations which should be concluded "before the end of the year".

"This advance makes it possible to remunerate press publishers in France under the law on neighboring rights, according to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria, such as the publisher's contribution to political and general information, his daily publication volume, its monthly Internet audience, as well as the use of content on our sites, "greeted Sébastien Missoffe, CEO of Google France, in the blog post.

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