‘Renting your enemy’: How Google paid the media millions to avoid regulatory pressure
Google has signed more than 2,000 contracts with news outlets worldwide in the past five years
16 Sep 2025 • 12 min read
Carly Penrose
Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.
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