Google to close Spanish news service ahead of new copyright law introduction
Google is set to close its Spanish news service in the next week ahead of a new policy being introduced which will allow the country's publisher to charge for displaying their content.
According to a blog post by Google's head of news, Richard Gingras, the search giant will end the service on 16 December.
"This new legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from their publications, whether they want to or not," stated Gingras. "As Google News itself makes no money (we do not show any advertising on the site) this new approach is simply not sustainable."
Google News is currently available in 70 international editions and across 35 languages.