Google, News Corp. Strike Premium Journalism Content Deal

In exchange for "significant payments" from Google, News Corp. will provide journalism content from a variety of its publications and news platforms to the Google News Showcase, it said Wednesday. Those include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post and MarketWatch in the U.S., The Times and The Sun in the U.K., and The Australian, Sky News and news.com.au in Australia, it said. The three-year agreement also involves development of a subscription platform, sharing of ad revenue from Google's ad technology services and "meaningful investments" in video journalism by YouTube, it said.