Telegraph chatbot, Pink News LGBT advocacy platform and hyperlocal news revenue tool all receive Google funding
A Telegraph chatbot called Thornton, an advocacy platform connecting Pink News readers with LGBT causes and a commercial tool aiming…
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Youtube pledges new features to promote quality journalism and build ‘sustainable ecosystem’ for news groups
Youtube has pledged to promote the work of trusted journalism on the video sharing website and is launching a number…
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European Parliament votes against ‘publisher’s right’ copyright law changes as Facebook warns of ‘unintended consequences’
Europe-wide amendments to copyright law, which would have given added legal protection to publishers online, have been sent back to…
By Google has pledged more than €94m to digital media projects over three years in bid to ‘help journalism thrive’
The Google Digital News Innovation fund has helped 59 digital journalism projects in the UK over three years, including fact-checking…
By Google launches major $300m news initiative including new platform to manage reader subscriptions
Google is creating a new platform that it claims will help publishers convert readers into subscribers as part of a…
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City University in London awarded £300,000 Google grant to build app which will help journalists sift through ‘big data’
Journalism researchers at City, University of London, are set to lead a European push to combat ‘fake news’ after being…
By Google funds Press Association robot reporter project which will write 30,000 local news stories a month
The Press Assocation has been awarded €706,000 by Google to develop a robot reporting project which will see computers write…
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Trinity Mirror, Johnston Press, FT and The Ferret among UK publishers to receive Google innovation cash
Trinity Mirror is the largest recipient in a new round of grants from Google under its €150m three-year Digital News…
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