Editor's note: At the FT Media Conference in London, Carlo D'Asaro Biondo, Google's President of Strategic Partnerships, Europe, outlined Google's commitment to working with the news industry, and announced the Digital News Initiative , a partnership to support high-quality journalism in Europe through technology and innovation. The following is the full text of his speech .today’s papers that we’ve launched the Digital News Initiative together with leading European publishers. “explore the radical changes the media industry is experiencing ” and to talk about “new opportunities for growth ” . 2 billion . According to Mary Meeker the typical smartphone user checks his or her device 150 times a day . Reuters Digital News Report found that in Europe in 2014, 37% of us consumed news on a mobile device each week. “new opportunities for growth” remain elusive. When I talk to publishers in Europe I hear deep concern about their ongoing ability to fund great journalism. First of all: Google News . And if at any point they don't want any of their content to appear in Google News or in our Search results, they can opt out by inserting a simple piece of code that instructs us not to index it.What are we going to do together? “unconference ” called Newsgeist in Phoenix Arizona, bringing together a wide range of publishers, editors and reporters alongside engineers and developers. The idea of an “unconference” is that the audience chooses the agenda, and the title of one of the sessions they chose was: “What should Google do?” . joint efforts will be in three key areas.product development . We will create a publishers’ working group from across Europe to explore product developments aimed at increasing revenue, traffic and audience engagement. Over the years we have worked on a range of news-related initiatives, but we tended to work in isolation, and the feedback has been that Google can be complicated to work with, and at times unpredictable!investment in training and research . Through our newly established News Lab team we will bring dedicated training resources to European newsrooms for the first time. We are creating training programmes with a number of journalism organisations, including the European Journalism Centre , the Global Editors Network and the International News Media Association . Reuters Institute Digital News Report will be expanded to cover 20 European countries - an essential guide to the changing news landscape.Google Journalism Fellowships programme to Europe, aimed at students interested in using technology to tell stories in new and dynamic ways.stimulating and supporting innovation in digital journalism within the news industry in Europe, over the next three years. In the feedback we hear from publishers and editors, it is clear that there is a great desire to experiment more freely, but risk-taking comes at a cost. The purpose of this is to make grants available to projects which demonstrate new thinking in digital journalism. No-one knows where the next great idea will come from - but we want to stimulate and nurture ideas that come from those who are closest to the action, from those who know best how journalism is changing. Anyone working on innovation in online news in Europe will be able to apply, including national and regional publishers, new players and pure players.Le Monde has built a complete new offering for mobile and tablet that significantly improved engagement with their app, increasing page views and time spent
Slate.fr built a new kind of newsreader, funded by native ads, that surfaces and curates trending content on social networks. It’s a powerful tool for reporters and great for consumers too.
European Journalism Center , the Global Editors Network and the International News Media Association . And this is just the beginning - we invite others to join us. You can find details on the website: digitalnewsinitiative.com - or use any good search engineTo conclude: Posted by Al Verney, Corporate Communications
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