Spain to Disappear from the World News Agenda; Google News, Spain; Goodbye Spain

From the BBC

"Online search giant Google is shutting down its Google News service in Spain before a new intellectual property law is introduced".

Telegraph

"Tech giant to close off its News service to users in Spain over the government's decision to introduce a law requiring aggregators to pay news publishers for linked content".

Euronews

Bloggers and linkers beware!

Goodbye, Spain...

The loss of the voice of Spain from Google spells a serious loss of influence for Spain in the world.