Google agrees to pay news publishers in Australia

Google has announced it will begin to pay some publishers for news content following a global push for the tech giant to even the playing field in digital media.

In a blog post from Google News’ vice president of product management, Brad Bender, the billion-dollar business revealed it had signed deals with Germany, Brazil and Australia.

Bender went on to say the new licensing program would pay publishers for ‘high-quality content’ in a ‘new news experience’ which will launch later this year.