San Francisco: Pichai launched Google News Showcase that features the editorial curation of award-winning newsrooms to give readers more insight on the stories that matter, and in the process, helps publishers develop deeper relationships with their audiences.
“We’ve signed partnerships for News Showcase with nearly 200 leading publications across Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the UK and Australia. The number of news publications will grow as we work to expand News Showcase to other countries including India, Belgium and the Netherlands,” Pichai said in a blog post.
Google News Showcase will start rolling out in Germany and Brazil from Thursday and come to other countries where local frameworks support these partnerships.
News Showcase is made up of story panels that will appear initially in Google News on Android.
The product will launch soon on Google News on iOS, and will come to Google Discover and Search in the future.
“Other components like video, audio and daily briefings will come next,” Pichai said.
The $1 billion investment is another step from Google to support the news industry.
The publications include award-winning national titles like Der Spiegel, Stern, Die Zeit, Folha de S.Paulo, Band and Infobae, alongside regionally and locally significant publications such as El Litoral, GZH, WAZ and SooToday.
