How Google's funding for journalism could threaten media pluralism
How Google’s funding for journalism could threaten media pluralism Big Tech has become a powerful patron to European journalism. But the millions of euros in financial support for media companies come with a catch. Published on 1 February 2021 at 10:00 Over the past seven years, Google has spent more than 200 million euro to support European journalism. Its lavish funding has helped to boost innovation in publishing houses and Google also picks up the bill for conferences, fellowships, trainings and academic journalism research. This has made the tech giant popular among publishers. Google...