It’s been just over a year since Google announced its $300 million News Initiative, which included funding for independent journalism efforts along with products developed by Google. One of those products was News Consumer Insights, which has been used by publishers like BuzzFeed, Business Insider and Conde Nast. It takes data already collected through Google […]
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Google’s News Initiative heads to APAC with grants of up to $300K for media orgs
Google is expanding its efforts to support media to Asia Pacific after the search giant brought its Google News Initiative to the region. Known as GNI, the program is designed to “help quality journalism thrive in the digital age” by providing grants (i.e. cash without equity) to media organizations that are judged to have potential. The […]
View More Google’s News Initiative heads to APAC with grants of up to $300K for media orgsYouTube is fighting fighting fake news with $25M to promote journalism and more context in search results
YouTube announced new measures today to stem the spread of conspiracy theory videos and fake news on its platform, including inserting context from trustworthy sources into search results about hot topics. In a blog post, YouTube also said it is working with the Google News Initiative, which was launched by its parent company earlier this […]
View More YouTube is fighting fighting fake news with $25M to promote journalism and more context in search resultsYouTube announces sweeping changes to the way it handles breaking news
YouTube is doing more to combat the spread of misinformation during major breaking news events.
The online video behemoth announced Monday it’s taking dramatic steps to improve the quality of videos that appear in search results for breaking and hist…
Google News Initiative puts $300 million toward saving online journalism
Google’s new message: “When journalism succeeds, we all do better.”
That’s what Google’s VP of news Richard Gingras says in a YouTube video released Tuesday to announce the launch of the Google News Initiative. (Watch it Above.) The project…