Google commits Dollar 300mn to empower media houses

Representation picIn a bid to help news organisations thrive in the digital age Google has committed Dollar300 million over the next three years as part of the Google News Initiative GNI The GNI will help media outlets evolve new business models while adopting innovative technologies According to Google business models for journalism continue to change drastically and the rapid evolution of technology is challenging all institutions including the news industry to keep paceOver the next three years were committing Dollar300 million toward meeting these goals Were also deepening our commitment to building products that address the news industrys most urgent needs Philipp Schindler Chief Business Officer at Google said in a blog post late on Tuesday The GNI is focused on three objectives Elevate and strengthen quality journalism evolve business models to drive sustainable growth and empower news organisations through technological innovationGoogle has earlier worked closely with the news industry to address key challenges We worked with the industry to launch the opensource Accelerated Mobile Pages Project to improve the mobile web and YouTube Player for Publishers to simplify video distribution and reduce costs Schindler said We also introduced Flexible Sampling to help with discovery of news content on Google Google News Lab to provide newsrooms with trainings and editorial partnerships and the Digital News Initiative to drive innovation in the European news industry he addedOver the past few years Google has worked with publishers to elevate accurate quality content and stem the flow of misinformation and disinformation Were launching the Disinfo Lab alongside the First Draft to combat mis and disinformation during elections and breaking news moments Google said Google is also teaming up with the Poynter Institute Stanford University and the Local Media Association to launch MediaWise a project designed to improve digital information literacy for young consumersGoogle is currently working with news organisations around the world to develop and deploy technology that improves newsroom efficiency creates enriching storytelling experiences and protects journalists from cyber attacks around the world For example we are using our natural language processing API to help Hearst Newspapers sort label and categorise more than 3000 articles every day Google saidGoogle has also worked with the South China Morning Post to use Google Earth Studio to create immersive VR experiences that show the evolution of Hong Kong throughout history Finally were also launching Outline an opensource tool from Jigsaw that lets news organisations provide journalists more secure access to the internet Google announcedOutline makes it easy for news organisations to set up their own VPN on a private server In 2017 Google paid Dollar126 billion to partners and drove 10 billion clicks a month to publishers websites for freeCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever