Google News Shutting Down in Spain Rather Than Paying to Aggregate
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Google will close its news portal in Spain and remove Spanish publishers from Google News everywhere following new copyright legislation that lets publishers charge internet companies for their content that’s aggregated by other websites.
The company will close Google News in Spain on Dec. 16 before the new law takes effect in January, Richard Gingras, the head of Google’s news service, wrote in a blog post.
“This new legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from their publications, whether they want to or not,” Mr. Gingras wrote. “As Google News itself makes no money (we do not show any advertising on the site) this new approach is simply not sustainable. So it’s with real sadness that on 16 December (before the new law comes into effect in January) we’ll remove Spanish publishers from Google News, and close Google News in Spain.”
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