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Portugal media demands Google pays for news Mar 27th 2013, 18:37 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News YouTube says has 1 billion monthly active users Thu, Mar 21 2013 Fragile Portugal gets more time on bailout goals Fri, Mar 15 2013 Google's Android chief Andy Rubin steps down Wed, Mar 13 2013 Facebook puts focus on photos in new look; may boost ads Thu, Mar 7 2013 German lawmakers back Internet copyright, Google critical Fri, Mar 1 2013 Analysis & Opinion Separating truth from fiction about Facebook Goodbye Globe, hello global New York Times A neon Google logo is seen as employees work at the new Google office in Toronto, November 13, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Mark Blinch LISBON | Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:37pm EDT LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese media companies, struggling through the worst recession since the 1970s, are pressing Google to pay for content on its news search engine, echoing similar demands elsewhere in Europe. Alberico Fernandes, head of the Portuguese Confederation of Social Communication Media, told Reuters that the global Internet services group's Iberian and Portuguese units rejected the demand at a first meeting last week but agreed to continue negotiations. He said Google "showed readiness to collaborate with media groups to help us modernize and make our content more profitable", something it had agreed to do in France earlier. Publishers want payment for links to articles and the use of lead paragraphs in Google News. Publishers in bailed out Portugal have been hit hard by a drop in advertising and sales and many media outlets have shut down. "Our position is that the content has to be paid for ... We showed that our focus is to be paid for Google News using our news," he said, adding that the two sides planned to continue regular meetings. A Google spokeswoman said the company "does not comment on private meetings held by its teams". Last month, the French government and Google agreed a deal for Google to pay 60 million euros into a special fund to help French media develop their presence on the Internet, but will not pay them for posting links to their content. Google settled a similar case with Belgian publishers in December by helping them boost online revenue, but still faces a dispute with publishers in Germany. Last month, Francisco Pinto Balsemao, head of Portuguese media group Impresa and chairman of the European Publishers Council, told Reuters Internet search engines have grabbed 90 percent of all paid advertising on the Internet. He said content produced by media accounted for a large part of the revenue and urged to "put and end to that robbery". (Reporting By Filipe Alves, writing by Andrei Khalip; Editing by David Cowell) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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