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Google launches £109m fund for European journalism digital projects

on Oct 22, 2015 | 0 comments

By Tony Connelly

Google has launched its €150m (£109m) European Journalism fund intended to help news publishers throughout Europe develop new digital projects which will push the industry forward.

It is part of its Digital News Initiative announced in April designed to support training, research and innovation in the journalism industry. It has also been viewed as an olive branch to publishers who have widely accused the internet search giant of acting unfairly by distorting search results to promote its own products and services.

The fund will make €50m available annually over the next three years and will be available to all European publishers including Read full story ›

Source: The Drum