The Vice President of Corporate Development at Google, David Drummond, I expressed hope that the talks that the US multinational has with publishers and Spanish authorities lead to the reopening in Spain the aggregation service Google News, closed last December
In a speech to the Forum Global Editors Network (GEN) closed today in the Catalan capital, Drummond admitted that the closure of Google News in Spain was “one of the saddest decisions” that had to be taken as responsible for the company.
“The approach of ‘all or nothing’ of the (new) property law Intellectual led us to close Google News here. We lost each other; was one of the saddest decisions I’ve had to take on Google, “said the manager.
” But we have not thrown in the towel. We continue to talk with publishing groups and the government, and hope we can return to reopen in the future, “he added Drummond.
The head of Google took stock of the DNI initiative (Digital News Initiative), launched in April and with which the Californian company intends to finance innovative projects in the media.
The initiative began with partners once, including GEN and daily The Guardian, Die Zeit, Les Echos and El País but now associates and more than 65 participants, and about a thousand companies have expressed interest in participating, according to Drummond.
As part of the DCI initiative, Google has created a fund of 150 million to support innovative technological projects of the European media in the digital realm.
“It is a complicated task and we are establishing the governance structure of the fund. We want to take the appropriate time to do it well, in a transparent and equitable manner, “said the head of Google, who said that the details of the grant application process will be announced in September. EFE
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