Spanish Newspapers Want Government To Force Google To Keep News Open In Spain

Posted on December 15, 2014 by gftshappy

A new effort by the Spanish Newspaper Publishers Association (AEDE) to prevent Google from shutting down its News site in Spain is an amazing example of industry chutzpah or hubris. The action shows so much chutzpah in fact that it enters the realm of unintentional political satire. First the…

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Sweden The Latest To Consider Google “Link Tax” For Newspapers

Posted on November 10, 2014 by gftshappy

A member of the Swedish parliament, Niclas Malmberg, wants Google to help fund Swedish news publications along the lines of the French model established last year. Threatened with a “link tax,” Google agreed “to create a €60 million Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to help…

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