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  • Google has launched a new platform in Australia, offering news it has paid for.

  • The search giant has struck its own deals with publishers.

  • It's paying seven outlets, including the camera times, to use their content.

  • The move is a bid to show that Australia's proposed new laws, forcing it to pay for content are unnecessary.

  • Draft rules on the subject are currently before a parliamentary inquiry.

  • Google is lobbying ministers to drop the whole idea, calling the proposed law unworkable.

  • It's threatened to pull out off Australia if they go ahead now.

  • Financial terms for the new platform have not, Bean disclosed.

  • Last month, Reuters said its content would be among that featured on the news showcase.

Google has launched a new platform in Australia, offering news it has paid for.

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    林宜悉 posted on 2021/02/05
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content

US /ˈkɑnˌtɛnt/

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UK /'kɒntent/

  • adjective
  • Being happy or satisfied
  • In a state of peaceful happiness.
  • Willing to accept something; satisfied.
  • In a state of peaceful happiness.
  • noun
  • Information in something, e.g. book or computer
  • other
  • The things that are to be found inside something.
  • The subject matter of a book, speech, etc.
  • The things that are to be found inside something.
  • Information made available by a website or other electronic medium.
  • Information made available by a website or other electronic medium.
  • other
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • To make (someone) happy and satisfied.
  • To satisfy (someone).
  • other
  • To be satisfied or willing to do something.
  • other
  • A state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction.
  • The things that are to be found inside something; the ideas, facts, or images that are contained in a book, article, speech, etc.
  • Information or other material put out by an individual or organization via communications mediums.
  • The amount of a particular substance contained in something.

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force

US /fɔrs, fors/

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UK /fɔ:s/

  • noun
  • Group of persons trained for military action; army
  • Pressure; attraction
  • The use of physical strength/violence to persuade
  • A body of people employed and trained for a particular task or purpose.
  • An influence or effect.
  • A body of soldiers or police.
  • Strength or power of expression or argument.
  • A body of people employed and trained for law enforcement.
  • An influence that can cause a body to accelerate.
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • Coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence.
  • verb
  • To use physical strength or violence to persuade
  • other
  • Physical strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • Coercion or compulsion; strength or power exerted to cause or affect.
  • An influence or effect.
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • other
  • To compel (someone) to do something.
  • To break open (something) using force.
  • To cause (a plant or crop) to develop or mature prematurely in a greenhouse or under artificial conditions.
  • To use physical strength to break open or move (something).
  • To cause (a plant or flower) to grow or develop at an increased rate.
  • other
  • Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
  • Coercion or compulsion; strength or power exerted to cause motion or change.

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strike

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  • verb
  • To hit something
  • To suddenly become (e.g. rich)
  • To have an idea occur to you
  • To hit forcefully and deliberately.
  • To remove or erase.
  • noun
  • A punch or hit
  • Fact of not hitting the ball when playing baseball
  • Refusal to work to get more pay, protest something
  • A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in order to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.
  • In bowling, the act of knocking down all the pins with the first ball.
  • A military attack, especially an air raid.

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feature

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UK /'fi:tʃə(r)/

  • noun
  • Special report in a magazine or paper
  • Distinctive or important point of something
  • A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.
  • A part of the face, such as the eyes, nose, or mouth.
  • A full-length film intended as the main item in a movie program.
  • verb
  • To highlight or give special importance to
  • adjective
  • Main; important
  • other
  • To give prominence to; to present or promote as a special or important item.

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financial

US /faɪˈnænʃ(ə)l/

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UK /faɪˈnænʃl/

  • adjective
  • Involving money
  • Relating to money or finance.
  • Relating to investments.
  • Relating to the management of money and other assets by businesses or organizations.
  • Relating to the economy.
  • Relating to accounting or financial records.
  • Relating to money or the management of money.
  • Relating to companies that manage money.
  • Relating to the planning and management of finances.
  • Relating to the provision of funds or resources.
  • Relating to the reporting of a company's financial performance.
  • Relating to finance or money.
  • Relating to money, investments, or the management of funds.
  • noun
  • A person who provides advice on financial matters.
  • other
  • Money provided to support a person or activity.

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launch

US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

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UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

  • noun
  • Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • Act of firing rockets into the air
  • The act or process of launching something.
  • The act of sending off with force.
  • A large motorboat.
  • verb
  • To start a new project; start selling a product
  • To put a rocket into the air
  • To put a ship into the water for the first time
  • other
  • To start or set in motion.
  • To send off with force.
  • To put a boat or ship into the water.
  • To send (a rocket, satellite, or spacecraft) into the air or space.
  • To introduce (a new product or publication) to the public.
  • To begin or initiate (something such as an attack or a military operation).

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giant

US /ˈdʒaɪənt/

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  • noun
  • Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
  • Very successful, powerful person or organization
  • adjective
  • Very large, or much bigger than other things

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subject

US /ˈsʌbdʒekt/

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  • noun
  • Citizen of an area or country
  • The person or thing that does the action of a verb
  • People who take part in experiments or tests
  • An area of study at school, e.g. math, history
  • What a book, article etc. is about; theme
  • verb
  • To cause to suffer or experience something

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drop

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  • noun
  • Distance between a higher and a lower level
  • Act of letting something fall (from your hand)
  • A decrease in quantity or quality; reduction
  • Tiny amount of liquid, with rounded bottom
  • verb
  • To drive someone to a place and then drive away
  • To let something fall from your hand
  • To fall or lie down quickly, as when shot
  • To decide to stop something e.g. a course)
  • To (cause to) reduce in quantity or quality
  • To stop doing or planning something.
  • To visit someone informally.
  • To lower something.

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platform

US /ˈplætˌfɔrm/

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  • noun
  • Flat, raised structure that people stand on
  • Area from which you board a train at a station

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