London (CNN Business) Google will start paying to display news content from some media outlets after years of resisting demands from publishers. Google's GOOGL The company announced several new licensing deals with publishers in Germany, Australia and Brazil on Thursday as part of a "new news experience" due to be launched later this year. Google is talking to publishers in another handful of countries and expects to add to its list in the coming months. The publishers with the first deals include Australian companies Schwartz Media, The Conversation and Solstice Media; Brazil's Diarios Associados and A Gazeta; and Germany's Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit and Rheinische Post. Bender also said Google will soon begin paying publishers to allow readers free access to certain articles normally locked behind a paywall.

Source: CNN June 25, 2020 12:56 UTC