Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content

Google and Agence France-Presse on Wednesday said they had signed a “pioneering” five-year deal under which the world’s biggest Internet search company will pay an undisclosed sum for content in Europe.

#BREAKING Google and AFP have signed a "pioneering" five-year deal under which the world’s biggest internet search company will pay for online content pic.twitter.com/Cc79hdKDCu

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 17, 2021

The agreement following 18 months of negotiations is the first by a news agency under the 2019 European directive on so-called neighboring rights, which are at the heart of multiple disputes between web giants and the media.