Google signs deals with Italian publishers for content on News Showcase

Societa Editoriale Il Fatto SpA

24/03/2021 08:57

ROME, March 24 (Reuters) - Google signed on Monday a license
deal with various Italian publishers to offer news content
through News Showcase, a new platform which makes news available
on Google's news website, the search giant said on Wednesday. 
    The accord was signed with many national news outlets,
including Italy's RCS Mediagroup  RCSM.MI , which publishes
daily Corriere della Sera as well as popular sports daily
Gazzetta dello Sport, the publisher of financial daily Il Sole
24 ore  S24.MI , Caltagirone editore  CED.MI , which owns
Rome-based paper Il Messaggero, and Monrif  EDII.MI , which
publishes local papers such as Il Giorno and La Nazione. 
    To date, 13 editorial companies have finalized agreements
with Google, a statement said, adding that readers could now
access news from 76 national and local papers.   
    

 (Reporting by Giulia Segreti, editing by Cristina Carlevaro)
 ((Giulia.Segreti@tr.com; +39.06.80307714;))