Only in Europe would a cartel of newspapers be aided by the government in extorting a foreign company without anyone crying foul.
If I were Google I would include a clause demanding positive coverage - seeing as they are paying for the damn news.
If I were Google I would include a clause demanding positive coverage - seeing as they are paying for the damn news.
I am far from understanding the details of this, but it involves channeling money and contracts to Ireland, where taxes are lower. French radio has been revealing that some of these operations are not fully legal.
I don't agree with the French media co demands but then Google (and Bing) do exploit content in an unfair way, like showing full images on their sites, making a visit to the image creator less likely. Now that people use search engines to find content it's easy to say "block them"...