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Google has backflipped on plans to halt the local launch of its news product in an attempt to prove to the federal government it is a better way of paying media companies than newly proposed laws.
The change of heart by the $US1.8 trillion ($2.3 trillion) search advertising giant to roll out Google News Showcase as early as February comes as competition tsar Rod Sims said the tech giant only did deals with news outlets in France after intervention from the regulator.
Google boss Melanie Silva presented at a Senate hearing last Friday on the news media bargaining code.
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