Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRupert Murdoch’s News Corp said it reached a three-year partnership with Google under which it will provide news content from publications worldwide in return for “significant payments by Google.”Among the News Corp sites joining the Google News Showcase are the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and the New York Post; the U.K.’s the Times and Sunday Times and the Sun; and in Australia, publications including the Australian, news.com.au, Sky News, and multiple metropolitan and local titles.The deal comes after Google last month threatened to pull its search service out of Australia, following the government’s plans to enact legislation that would require tech platforms to pay for news.
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