Google strikes content deals with 300 European publishers

European Union countries have been adopting into local law a 2019 EU directive granting publishers additional rights over their content

Google did not disclose how much it is paying (Matt Rourke/AP)

Google said it has struck licensing deals with 300 news publishers in Europe in its latest effort to comply with a recently introduced European Union copyright law.

The tech giant signed the agreements with national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland and said discussions with many others are ongoing.