Facebook, German publisher Axel Springer strike global cooperation deal Reuters 2 hrs ago
BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - Axel Springer and Facebook said on Monday that they had agreed on a global cooperation deal under which content from the German publisher will be featured on the social network and its Facebook News product.
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The agreement reels in the last big holdout in Germany after Facebook signed up a string of publishers in March to provide content for its local news product on terms the publisher of the Bild tabloid dismissed at the time as derisory.
Mathias Doepfner, CEO of privately-held Axel Springer, described the cooperation deal as a strategic milestone for us as a publisher and for the industry as a whole .
Facebook, German publisher Axel Springer strike global cooperation deal
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