Google will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their content, the company's latest effort to defuse tensions over its dominance of the news industry. The company said on Thursday said that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the UK and Australia.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/google-to-pay-1-billion-over-3-years-for-news-content/articleshow/78440170.cms