The California-based internet giant made the amount from the work of news publishers in 2018 via search and Google News, it said. The NMA cautioned that its estimate for Google’s income was conservative. “They make money off this arrangement and there needs to be a better outcome for news publishers,” Mr. Chavern said. The NMA is making the study public in advance of a House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday on the interrelationship of big tech companies and the media. That’s content that Google does not pay for, the report said, although it often presents headlines from news outlets verbatim.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2019 06:56 UTC