Google to bring new publishing platform to help local newsrooms go digital
To help small newsrooms overcome challenges in their strive to go digital, Google is creating a new publishing platform for local news publishers . Google News Initiative has partnered with web development company, Automattic and WordPress.com -- home to 30 per cent of the world's websites -- and has invested $1.2 million in its effort to create "Newspack". " Newspack " is a fast, secure, low-cost publishing system tailor-made to the needs of small newsrooms, Google said in a statement on Monday. The new publishing tool will be made available to publishers globally later in the year. "Newspapers with long histories have had to cut back on staff and reduce coverage and reporters who try to start new digital publications face an interminable struggle with technical and business problems," said Jim Albrecht, Product Management Director, Google Search. Read More Business Standard