The giant tech company is close to agreements with News Corp and most other publishers — but not Nine.
As Sherlock Holmes would say, when News Corp doesn’t bark it tells us a lot about what’s happening.
Its response to the latest draft of news media bargaining suggests what’s been gossiped for the past few weeks: News Corp and Google are close to cutting a deal over money.
How soon should we expect the deal? Very soon — at least with News Corp, and all the other players (including Crikey) other than Nine.
