Since December 24th, news stories from the Associated Press have not been appearing on Google News. So what’s happening? Google and the AP cut a deal back in 2007, and that deal is set to end at the end of January. Gamesmanship? The end of the relationship? Google’s not saying, and is only issuing evasive comments:
“We have a licensing agreement with the Associated Press that permits us to host its content on Google properties such as Google News. Some of that content is still available today. At the moment we’re not adding new hosted content from the AP.”
paidContent points us to a speech AP CEO Tom Curley made at a media summit back in October, which strongly hinted the AP was disappointed with the level of reporting it was getting from Google and was considering doing a deal with Microsoft:
“Someone asked Curley if Microsoft was willing to accept the AP’s demands. ‘They have said very strongly that they would,’ Curley responded. A bit earlier, he said of Microsoft, ‘They know how to have a conversation.’ And what about Google? ‘I’m not talking about Google,’ he said. ‘We haven’t talked. We haven’t talked. We haven’t talked with them in any serious way.’”
When Google added the AP’s content, the locals were concerned that it would siphon views away from their sites. However, this latest development seems less about responding to local concerns than it is about getting more data about users from a national client.
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