Google expands News Showcase in India
Google said on Thursday that it is introducing support for four additional languages – Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu – in specialized News Showcase panels in Google News and on Discover, in addition to English and Hindi.
“With the inclusion of these additional languages and new partners today, we now have more than 50 partners covering more than 70 publications onboarded,” the search engine giant said in a press.
Google said that its $1 billion investment over the next three years in news partnerships and Google News Showcase would assist publishers in producing, distributing, and explaining important information to consumers in innovative ways.