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News & MagazinesNews and editorial content standards

What this guideline means

News and Magazines apps carry extra requirements around editorial transparency — clear publisher attribution, disclosure of aggregated versus original content, and avoiding deceptive framing of content as breaking news when it isn't.

Why apps actually get flagged

Common in aggregator apps that repackage other outlets' headlines and excerpts without clear sourcing, which can read as either misrepresentation or unlicensed use of the original publisher's content.

A real example

"Your app is listed in the News category but does not clearly attribute content to its original source or publisher, per Google Play's News and Magazines requirements."

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