A key executive from Google News, Shailesh Prakash, has stepped down. Prakash, who served as vice president and general manager of Google News, resigned in the wake of escalating concerns over Google’s relationship with news publishers. The Wall Street ...

Shailesh Prakash departs after two years at the tech giant. Relationships between Google News and publishers remain strained.

A key executive from Google’s news division has reportedly resigned from his post – a departure that occurred during a period of rising tensions with publishers who have accused the search giant of siphoning critical advertising revenue.

Google's business practises with news has come under intense scrutiny, especially because news organisations rely on the search engine for traffic