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The accord signed with the APIG alliance of French dailies
involves "neighbouring rights," which call for payment for showing
news content with Internet searches, a joint statement said.
It said the agreement sets a framework for Google to
negotiate individual licence agreements with newspapers on the payments and
will give papers access to its new News Showcase programme, which sees it pay
publishers for a selection of enriched content.
Payments are to be calculated individually and will be based
on criteria including Internet viewing figures and the amount of information
published.
APIG head Pierre Louette said the deal amounts to the
"effective recognition of neighbouring rights for the press and the start
of their remuneration by digital platforms for the use of their publications
online."
Google France chief Sebastien Missoffe called the deal proof
of a "commitment" that opens up "new perspectives."
News outlets struggling with dwindling print subscriptions
have long seethed at Google's failure to give them a cut of the millions it
makes from ads displayed alongside news search results.
The COVID-19 crisis has hurt sales even further.
A Paris appeals court ruled in October that the US giant had
to continue to negotiate with French news publishers over a new European law on
neighbouring rights.
France was the first country in the EU to enact the law but
Google had initially refused to comply, saying media groups already benefit by
receiving millions of visits to their websites.