Google Sees Deal Within Reach on World-First Law to Pay for News

  • ‘We really do think we can get there,’ says Google’s ANZ chief
  • Google wants the world-first legislation watered down
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Google said it’s within reach of negotiating a compromise on legislation that would force it to pay for Australian news, as the U.S. giant continues a public campaign to get the proposed law watered down.