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Google settles Spanish antitrust probe into payments for publishers

( December 19, 2025, 14:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google has settled a Spanish antitrust probe with promises that it will be more transparent and structured in its negotiations to remunerate press publishers for using their content in search results. The Spanish competition authority said Friday that the commitments would last for five years and that Google had committed not to retaliate against publishers that declined to allow their content to be used. The press release in Spanish follows. ...

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