Over 100 of Brazil’s main newspapers have blocked internet giant Google’s news service from using their content. They say Google News has actually reduced their site traffic and benefits commercially from material it has refused to pay for.
The 154 publications that make up Brazil’s National Association of Newspapers, known as ANJ by its Portuguese acronym, agreed unanimously to turn their backs on Google News. They cited the principal motive behind the move as the search engine’s refusal to pay for the content that it uses.
“Google News is benefiting commercially from the content it uses and is not prepared to discuss a model of remuneration for this material,” said Carlos Fernando Lindenberg Neto, president of the ANJ. Google argues that it should not have to pay for providing a service that supposedly benefits its clients.
"Staying with Google News was not helping us grow our digital audiences – on the contrary," Neto said in an interview with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The ANJ defended its decision, stating that they had seen a drop in readership by approximately 5 per cent. Full story...
Related posts:
The 154 publications that make up Brazil’s National Association of Newspapers, known as ANJ by its Portuguese acronym, agreed unanimously to turn their backs on Google News. They cited the principal motive behind the move as the search engine’s refusal to pay for the content that it uses.
“Google News is benefiting commercially from the content it uses and is not prepared to discuss a model of remuneration for this material,” said Carlos Fernando Lindenberg Neto, president of the ANJ. Google argues that it should not have to pay for providing a service that supposedly benefits its clients.
"Staying with Google News was not helping us grow our digital audiences – on the contrary," Neto said in an interview with the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The ANJ defended its decision, stating that they had seen a drop in readership by approximately 5 per cent. Full story...
Related posts:
No comments:
Post a Comment