Google News redesign puts a greater emphasis on local stories
in December 2014 ahead of a law that would have required paying publishers to use their content, including headlines. A newspaper coalition pushed for Google to restore News, however, and Google announced plans for a revival last November following a Royal Decree that let Google negotiate licenses with individual publishers instead of having to pay all of them.to support newsrooms amid concerns the internet is eroding access to quality journalism.
It's too early to say if the redesign will prove a success. It does give local news much higher priority than in the past, though . And simply speaking, the new layout is overdue — the cleaner, more modern look is easier to digest. In theory, this could get more people to use Google's hub instead of visiting specific media outlets or relying on dedicated apps like Apple News.
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