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REGIONAL media company Times News Group has joined national and regional news providers including News Corp, Australian Community Media, Seven West Media and Nine to sign a publisher agreement with Google News Showcase.<\/p>\n

The Torquay-based company, which has satellite offices in Bendigo and Ballarat, will curate news content for Google\u2019s News Showcase which the search engine launched in February.<\/p>\n

The deal will significantly boost Times News Group\u2019s investment in public interest journalism, increasing hyper-local news content across its growing list publications.<\/p>\n

\"\"Times News Group Directors Mark Casey, Warick Brown and Nick Abbott strategically grew a free Torquay-centric community newspaper to seven mastheads; Surf Coast Times, Bellarine Times, Armstrong Creek Times, Ballarat Times, Golden Plains Times<\/em> and more recently expanded with the Geelong Times and Bendigo Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Managing director Warick Brown praised Google for respecting and understanding the importance of penning an agreement with regional publishers saying the deal highlighted the importance of community focused news.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle have been nothing but supportive and respectful of the energy and effort that goes into publishing hyper-local community content,\u201d Mr Brown said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle understands the authority regional newspapers have in the communities they serve, and by providing us with a platform on Google News Showcase they will help take our content further and reach larger audiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir financial support is a benefit to us and public interest journalism. We can now invest back into our team of journalists to continue to be the voice of the community\u201d. (Tramadol<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Kate Beddoe, Google\u2019s APAC head of news, web & publishing product partnerships, commended Times News Group for investing further in local journalism to ensure regional communities have access to news they care about.<\/p>\n

“Our partnership demonstrates our enthusiasm for supporting quality local news through News Showcase and we are delighted with Times News Group’s participation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The deal will build on Google\u2019s Australian partnerships which include Seven West Media, News Corp, Australian Community Media, The Saturday Paper<\/em>, Crikey<\/em>, and The New Daily<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As of today, 100 Australian media titles have signed onto News Showcase since launch earlier in 2021, with close to 600 publishers worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

REGIONAL media company Times News Group has joined national and regional news providers including News Corp, Australian Community Media, Seven West Media and Nine to sign a publisher agreement with Google News Showcase. The Torquay-based company, which has satellite offices in Bendigo and Ballarat, will curate news content for Google\u2019s News Showcase which the search […]<\/p>\n

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