<s>
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
is	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
service	O
developed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
app	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	B-Application
Web	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
in	O
September	O
2002	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
app	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
spending	O
billion	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
publishers	O
to	O
create	O
Showcases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
was	O
watching	O
more	O
than	O
50,000	O
news	O
sources	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
total	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
aggregates	O
content	O
from	O
more	O
than	O
20,000	O
publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
changes	O
to	O
their	O
"	O
first	O
click	O
free	O
"	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
running	O
since	O
2008	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
read	O
articles	O
behind	O
a	O
paywall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
on	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
changed	O
their	O
policy	O
to	O
allow	O
a	O
limit	O
of	O
five	O
articles	O
per	O
day	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
protect	O
publishers	O
from	O
abuse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
layout	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
underwent	O
a	O
major	O
revision	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
Badges	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
later	O
retired	O
in	O
October	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Sci/Tech	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
English	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
versions	O
was	O
split	O
up	O
into	O
two	O
sections	O
:	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
this	O
split	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
applied	O
to	O
all	O
language	O
versions	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
desktop	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
saw	O
a	O
thorough	O
redesign	O
that	O
according	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
the	O
goal	O
to	O
"	O
make	O
news	O
more	O
accessible	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
navigate	O
...	O
with	O
a	O
renewed	O
focus	O
on	O
facts	O
,	O
diverse	O
perspectives	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
control	O
for	O
users.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
uses	O
a	O
card	O
format	O
for	O
grouping	O
related	O
news	O
stories	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
summarized	O
by	O
Engadget	B-Application
,	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
look	O
like	O
a	O
search	O
results	O
page	O
anymore	O
"	O
,	O
removing	O
text	O
snippets	O
and	O
blue	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
2020	O
study	O
in	O
the	O
journal	O
Nature	O
Human	O
Behaviour	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
prioritizes	O
local	O
news	O
outlets	O
when	O
individuals	O
search	O
for	O
keywords	O
specifically	O
related	O
to	O
topics	O
of	O
local	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
Agence	O
France-Presse	O
(	O
AFP	O
)	O
sued	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
$17.5	O
million	O
,	O
alleging	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
infringed	O
on	O
its	O
copyright	O
because	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
includes	O
AFP	O
's	O
photos	O
,	O
stories	O
and	O
news	O
headlines	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
without	O
permission	O
from	O
Agence	O
France	O
Presse	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
alleged	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
ignored	O
a	O
cease	O
and	O
desist	O
order	O
,	O
though	O
Google	B-Application
counters	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
opt-out	O
procedures	O
which	O
AFP	O
could	O
have	O
followed	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
now	O
hosts	O
Agence	O
France-Presse	O
news	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
,	O
Press	O
Association	O
and	O
the	O
Canadian	O
Press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
was	O
paying	O
for	O
Associated	O
Press	O
content	O
displayed	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
however	O
the	O
articles	O
are	O
not	O
permanently	O
archived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
arrangement	O
ceased	O
on	O
December	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
ceased	O
carrying	O
Associated	O
Press	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
preliminary	O
injunction	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
Belgian	O
court	O
ruled	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
did	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
lead	O
paragraph	O
from	O
French-language	O
Belgian	O
news	O
sources	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
aggregated	O
news	O
stories	O
,	O
nor	O
to	O
provide	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
cached	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
content	O
(	O
"	O
in	O
cache	O
"	O
feature	O
)	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
both	O
copyright	O
and	O
the	O
sui	O
generis	O
database	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
responded	O
by	O
removing	O
the	O
publications	O
both	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
and	O
the	O
main	O
Google	B-Application
web	I-Application
search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
the	O
ruling	O
was	O
upheld	O
in	O
appeal	O
after	O
Google	B-Application
reiterated	O
most	O
legal	O
defences	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
grade	O
plus	O
some	O
new	O
ones	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
Court	O
rejected	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Infopaq	O
ruling	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
Copiepress	O
publications	O
were	O
restored	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
after	O
they	O
requested	O
so	O
and	O
renounced	O
any	O
complaint	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
judgement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Europe-based	O
news	O
outlets	O
have	O
asked	O
their	O
governments	O
to	O
consider	O
making	O
Google	B-Application
pay	O
to	O
host	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
German	O
publishers	O
granted	O
Google	B-Application
a	O
license	O
to	O
use	O
snippets	O
of	O
their	O
publications	O
gratis	O
;	O
the	O
group	O
had	O
first	O
claimed	O
that	O
such	O
snippets	O
were	O
illegal	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
complained	O
when	O
they	O
were	O
removed	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
service	O
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
law	O
in	O
Spain	O
,	O
lobbied	O
for	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
newspaper	O
publishers	O
 '	O
association	O
AEDE	O
,	O
would	O
require	O
that	O
news	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
would	O
have	O
to	O
pay	O
news	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
use	O
snippets	O
of	O
their	O
stories	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
chose	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
their	O
service	O
and	O
remove	O
all	O
links	O
to	O
Spain-based	O
news	O
sites	O
from	O
international	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newspapers	O
representing	O
more	O
than	O
90	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
Brazil	O
opted	O
out	O
of	O
having	O
their	O
links	O
appear	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
according	O
to	O
reports	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
only	O
a	O
"	O
negligible	O
"	O
drop	O
in	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
in	O
June	O
2020	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
begin	O
paying	O
news	O
publishers	O
that	O
are	O
located	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
and	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
partners	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
new	O
program	O
include	O
luminaries	O
as	O
Schwartz	O
Media	O
(	O
Australia	O
)	O
,	O
Solstice	O
Media	O
,	O
The	O
Conversation	O
,	O
and	O
Der	O
Spiegel	O
(	O
Germany	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
request	O
e-mail	O
"	O
alerts	O
"	O
on	O
various	O
keyword	O
topics	O
by	O
subscribing	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
Alerts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alerts	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
via	O
RSS	O
and	O
Atom	B-Application
feeds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
customize	O
the	O
displayed	O
sections	O
,	O
their	O
location	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
many	O
stories	O
are	O
visible	O
with	O
a	O
JavaScript-based	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stories	O
from	O
different	O
editions	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
can	O
be	O
combined	O
to	O
form	O
one	O
personalized	O
page	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
options	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
cookie	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
has	O
been	O
integrated	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Search	I-Application
History	O
since	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
graduation	O
from	O
beta	O
,	O
a	O
section	O
was	O
added	O
that	O
displays	O
recommended	O
news	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
search	O
history	O
and	O
the	O
articles	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
clicked	O
on	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
signed	O
up	O
for	O
Search	O
History	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revamped	O
version	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
that	O
included	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
features	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
find	O
relevant	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
expanded	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
News	O
Archive	O
Search	O
feature	O
,	O
offering	O
users	O
historical	O
archives	O
going	O
back	O
more	O
than	O
200	O
years	O
from	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
when	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
began	O
to	O
offer	O
indexed	O
content	O
from	O
scanned	O
newspapers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
removed	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
archive	O
search	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
page	O
,	O
advanced	O
news	O
search	O
page	O
and	O
default	O
search	O
results	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
redesign	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
news	O
page	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
firestorm	O
of	O
complaints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
cancelled	O
plans	O
to	O
scan	O
further	O
old	O
newspapers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
instead	O
focus	O
on	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
One	I-Application
Pass	I-Application
,	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
enables	O
publishers	O
to	O
sell	O
content	O
and	O
subscriptions	O
directly	O
from	O
their	O
own	O
sites	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Archival	O
newspaper	O
articles	O
could	O
still	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
News	O
Search	O
page	O
,	O
but	O
key	O
functionalities	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
timeline	O
view	O
and	O
ability	O
to	O
specify	O
more	O
than	O
10	O
results	O
per	O
page	O
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
index	O
's	O
next	O
pass	O
found	O
the	O
link	O
as	O
new	O
news	O
,	O
and	O
Income	O
Security	O
Advisors	O
found	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
result	O
to	O
be	O
new	O
news	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
passed	O
along	O
to	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
briefly	O
a	O
current	O
headline	O
and	O
very	O
widely	O
viewed	O
.	O
</s>
