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Google's Sh2.5 billion news initiative to boost publishers operations

Digital news content producers will further have access to funding for innovative publishing tools and techniques. [Courtesy]

News organizations are set to benefit from a Google programme aimed at supporting content creation in the digital age.

The programme titled the Google News Initiative is especially vital to videos produced by news organizations for publishing on the information giant's YouTube platform.

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