Germany Drops Antitrust Investigation Into Google News Showcase After 'Important Adjustments'

Germany Drops Antitrust Investigation Into Google News Showcase After 'Important Adjustments'
Germany's Federal Cartel Office said on Wednesday that it had dropped a probe into Google's News Showcase service. Google earlier this year made a major concession by offering to exclude "Google News Showcase" content from its general search results. The antitrust regulator said Google made "important adjustments" to ease concerns about competition.

* This article was originally published here

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fandom Buys Gamespot, TV Guide, & Metacritic in $55M Deal With Red Ventures

Image
Red Ventures has made a deal for Fandom to take over major assets such as Gamespot, TV Guide and Metacritic. While Nexstar Media Group has solidified their acquisition of The CW to reframe television, Fandom has acquired many of Red Ventures’ entertainment and gaming assets in the latest $55 million deal. Fandom has been the largest fan platform to date, now adding more bigger assets to their repertoire— GameSpot , Metacritic , TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News and Comic Vine. The platform will now be ranked as the 14th ad supported site in the U.S. The CEO of Fandom, Perkins Miller added, “We’re thrilled to add these powerful, authoritative brands into the Fandom platform, which will expand our business capabilities and provide immersive content for our partners, advertisers and fans. The trusted insights, ratings and content they provide will make us a one-stop shop for fans across their entertainment and gaming journey.” ...
Read more

BATMAN #133 Review

Image
Batman #133 is published by DC Comics and written by Chip Zdarsky. The main story features artwork by Mike Hawthorne with inks by Adriano Di Benedetto and colours by Tomeu Morey. The backup story artwork is by Miguel Mendonca and Roman Stevens. Letters for both stories are by Clayton Cowles. Main cover art (left) is by Jorge Jimenez. Batman #133 is available now in print and on digital where all good comics book are sold. Synopsis Everyone goes insane eventually. And then they belong to the terrifying Red Mask! But Gotham City has a new saviour. He strikes from the shadows, exhumes the dead, and is known only as…the Batman.  And in our backup story, Tim Drake’s search for Batman continues as he and Superman, Jon Kent, team up to stop the terror of the Toyman! Review It’s all beginning to come together in Batman #133 this month. With both the main and backup stories heading towards a crossover point it’s starting to fell like someth...
Read more

Golf Clash to tee off with PGA Tour courses in EA Games partnership

Image
Iconic golf courses like TPC Sawgrass are coming to mobile, thanks to a new Golf Clash PGA Tour partnership bringing the world of professional putting and driving to life. The new agreement, also involving PGA Tour partner EA Games, is set to bring not only some of the most famous courses but the much-anticipated competitions too, starting out with The Players tournament. While Golf Clash is a popular enough title already, with over 100 million lifetime downloads, the new deal with the PGA Tour and EA promises to put a spotlight on the casual golf game once again. I say casual, things are probably going to start getting a lot less casual with the introduction of tournaments like The Players at TPC Sawgrass, but with special in-game rewards on the line, it’s well worth testing yourself by teeing off against the rest. If you want to take part in the inaugural Golf Clash PGA Tour event, The Players tournament takes place on March 9-10, with those talented enough to advanc...
Read more