Google close to launching new NZ service

Google close to launching new NZ service
Since its launch in 2020, Showcase has signed up more than 1,500 publications across 16 countries. (Image: Getty)
Daniel Dunkley
Google is nearing the New Zealand launch of its news platform, Google News Showcase, a move that would see the tech giant pay local publishers for content.Google News Showcase contains news coverage aggregated from sources all over the world. The US search engine titan has pressed ahead with plans to launch its NZ news service in recent weeks and is said to be in talks with a host of local publishers, including Scoop, as it prepares to go live.According to sources familiar with the matter, Google is poised to launch the service as soon as...

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