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Editorial: Google wants news, but doesn’t want to pay

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., in 2019. On Friday, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people's search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., in 2019. On Friday, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people’s search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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News is a business. Google may not want to acknowledge it, but it’s big business for Google. That’s why news was the first thing that Google launched after search and why “news” is the first tab after “all” on the search results page.

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