A more informed world has always been core to Google’s mission.

We believe everyone, everywhere should be able to access a diversity of credible sources to get the information they need. That starts with a news industry that gives every community a voice.

Fostering a community for news

We're dedicated to working with the news industry so that global newsrooms and local papers alike can flourish.

Google

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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Google & the News Industry

Over the past 20 years, we’ve collaborated closely with the news industry and provided billions of dollars to support the creation of quality journalism in the digital age.
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The Google News Initiative

In 2018, we launched the Google News Initiative to scale our work with journalists, publishers, and industry leaders in order to help build a resilient future for news around the globe.
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Our Partners

Alongside governments, civic and community leaders, and other companies, we're playing our part to make more reliable information more accessible.
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The Google News Initiative continues to builds upon Google’s nearly 20 year commitment toward supporting the news industry.

1998

Google founded.

2002

Google News launches as one of the first products outside of core Search, organizing news articles to make it easier to see a range of sources on the same topic.

2008

Doubleclick acquired, expanding our relationship with web publishers and providing new technology and expertise to support their display advertising businesses.

2013

Newsstand launches as a platform for publishers to produce and optimize their content into magazine-like editions designed for viewing on mobile devices.

Launched a global journalist training program through Google for Media.

2015

Google News Lab launches to empower journalists with new technology.

Digital News Initiative forms to collaborate with the European news ecosystem around product, training, research, and innovation.

2016

Launched Accelerated Mobile Pages, (formerly Accelerated Mobile Pages), an open source web components library now hosted under the OpenJS Foundation that helps publishers easily create fast loading web pages and other engaging online experiences likeStories and dynamic email.

Added Fact Check labels to help readers find fact checking in large news stories.

2017

Flexible Sampling introduced to help publishers grow subscriptions revenue by controlling whether and how many articles they want to let searchers access before showing a paywall or subscription prompt

Funding Choices introduced to help publishers recover lost revenue due to ad blockers, inviting users to enable ads or choose another way to fund the content.

2018

Google News Initiative launched to help centralize and scale our efforts across the company to help build a stronger future for news.

Google News applies real-time AI and machine learning to organize the news, providing publishers with new audiences, frictionless one-click subscriptions (through Subscribe with Google), and new opportunities to experiment with editorial formats, advertising models, and marketing promotions

2020

Journalism Emergency Relief Fund supports 5,600+ local newsrooms to sustain essential reporting during the COVID-19 crisis.

Google News Showcase launches with $1 billion commitment to support creation of quality content.

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We believe deeply in spreading knowledge to  make life better for everyone. It’s at the heart of Google’s mission. It’s the mission of publishers and journalists.

Sundar Pichai

Google & Alphabet Chief Executive Officer

How GNI Supports the News Industry

Our decades-long dialogue and collaboration is focused on supporting journalists, strengthening publishers’ business models, and building a global news community.

We help bolster the work of resource-strapped newsrooms by offering digital tools, training and resources that aid their efforts to find, verify and tell engaging stories.

DataLEADs trains over 35,000 people in India to combat misinformation

"We realize that fighting misinformation is not just the job of journalists. It needs a whole society approach." -Syed Nazakat, Founder, DataLEADS
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Jambalaya News helps Spanish-speaking readers access local news

"One of the biggest challenges immigrants have is it's harder to get local news, especially in their language. So it's very important for us to be able to help this community." -Rocio Tirado, Chief Operating Officer, Jambalaya News
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Pulse uses new digital formats to engage a mass youth audience in Nigeria

"If you look at the population of Nigeria, nearly half can be considered a youth. So we saw this open space with these people that we connected with and wanted to speak to." -Fiona Weeks, MD, Pulse
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Explore our progress

We collaborate with publishers of all sizes as they transform the business of news, offering programs that support strategic growth, scaling and revenue sustainability.

Alma Preta addresses the lack of Black representation in Brazilian media

"Today, Alma Preta is producing twice as many news stories. We managed to increase the number of subscriptions in our campaigns. And more than that, many doors to diversify funds opened." -Elaine Silva, Partner and Executive Director, Alma Preta Jornalismo
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The Busan Daily uses data to connect with readers

"Operating a news site, but not being able to own the user data is is the biggest problem the Korean news industry is facing." -Seung-Il Kim, Digital Editor of Strategy, The Busan Ilbo
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Energetic City uses audience insights to grow engagement

"The News Consumer Insights Shift program helped us segment our audience, finding and creating different ways to engage with our readers so that we can build that relationship with them." -Adam Reaburn, Owner of Energetic City & Moose FM, Energetic City
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Explore resources

We partner with industry leaders as they tackle the most pressing issues facing journalism, cultivating a diverse and inclusive community with a common goal: build a stronger future for news.

Food for Mzansi trains 62 citizen journalists in South Africa

"Citizen journalists are literally at the center of the community. They make sure that these stories in these rural areas are really told on a national platform." -Duncan Masiwa, Sinelizwi Project Lead, Food for Mzansi
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Faktencheck21 trains media companies to establish more fact checkers in Germany

"In 2021 it is clear that fact checking and combating misinformation can only be achieved through teamwork."
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These 33 projects tackle diversity in local news

Hear from the leaders of projects supported through the second round of the Google News Initiative’s North American Innovation Challenge
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