Expect Google to turn a lot more RW: News Corp and Google Agree To Global Partnership On News

[hlthe2b]

News Corp and Google Agree To Global Partnership On News

Long-term Deal Involves Payment For Premium Content For Google News Showcase;

https://newscorp.com/2021/02/17/news-corp-and-google-agree-to-global-partnership-on-news/

News Corp announced today that it has agreed to an historic multi-year partnership with Google to provide trusted journalism from its news sites around the world in return for significant payments by Google.

Among the News Corp publications joining Google News Showcase will be The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and the New York Post; in the UK: The Times and The Sunday Times, and The Sun; and in Australia a range of news platforms, including The Australian, news.com.au, Sky News, and multiple metropolitan and local titles.

The landmark three-year agreement also includes the development of a subscription platform, the sharing of ad revenue via Google’s ad technology services, the cultivation of audio journalism and meaningful investments in innovative video journalism by YouTube.

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Glorfindel]

2. Then I'll quit using Google and let them know why

Just as I cancelled my subscription and two gift subscriptions to National Geographic when News Corp acquired it.

I'll miss gmail, but I can live without it.

[edhopper]

3. Google needs to change their motto

to "Do as much harm as possible".

[dalton99a]

4. Disgusting move.

[edhopper]

5. It would be great if there was a backlash to this

but it won't matter. The Conservative dominance in social media will continue.

What this means is Google openly saying it is not neutral when it comes to what News it provides.

[uponit7771]

6. "to provide trusted journalism" ... Google should know better. MAGA Media is lashing out

[BeerBarrelPolka]

7. Bottom Line

The Biden administration just has to keep hitting home runs and repairing this country. If people consider themselves better in the coming months and years, than we can survive social media.

[WA-03 Democrat]

8. Duck Duck Go is

A wonderful privacy base internet search engine. Try it, you’ll like it!

[TheBlackAdder]

10. That's what I use, but find many RW sites at top of search list, even more than Google.

[belpejic]

9. I looked on Google's corporate site

And this does not appear to be an exclusive deal.

This is a global initiative for Google. For example, they have a deal with Der Spiegel in Germany.

I assume that The New York Times could be a part of this project if the company's management agreed to Google's terms.

So while I still see it as a betrayal, and it's yet another reason why I'm considering switching from Google's app ecosystem, it's not as bad as I thought.

It's definitely way more of a big deal for News Corp than it is for Google.

Treating Fox News and the New York Post as "journalism" is a joke and these sources should be labeled as opinion or news analysis. Google is doing all of its readers a disservice by treating this crap as straightforward news. It's also spreading RW propaganda, which is definitely doing evil in my book.

[hlthe2b]

11. I'll be watching for other reporting on this. All we have is a press release, essentially.

[Tommymac]

12. Google has leaned right for many years.

As has Yahoo, MaildotCom, and many other Corporate Owned Search and mail engines.

Hell, even Duck Duck Go will show right wing sites that pay to be there at the top of searches .

Fact of life: One has to learn to use critical thinking skills in order to evaluate content found on the public internets.

Now if only US schools hadn't stop teaching those skills 40 years ago...