Google says it will pay publishers for news later this year

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — At a time when Internet tech giants Facebook and Google face increasing demands they pay for news content aggregated on their platforms, Google announced today it will start paying publishers for content through a new licensing program when it launches a new “news experience” later this year. In a blog post, Brad Bender, Google vice-president of product management for news, writes the licensing program “will help participating publishers monetize their content through an enhanced storytelling experience that lets people go deeper into more complex stories, stay informed and be exposed to a world of different issues...