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Google News To Be Revamped, Incorporate YouTube Videos and Magazines (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

Google News is reportedly being updated with a "new design" that will "incorporate elements of the [Google Play] Newsstand app and YouTube." It will be powered by Google's AMP technology and is expected to launch at Google I/O 2018. AdAge was first to report the changes. From a report: A Google News redesign is surprising considering that the current design is less than a year old. It's unclear if the current design is just being tweaked to incorporate YouTube and Play Newsstand or if the whole thing is being scrapped and rebuilt. The report also mentions that Google News will get a new app. Google Play Newsstand is currently an odd hybrid of magazine store and RSS reader. The report says that Google Play Newsstand is going to close as part of the Google News redesign. This is the second time we've heard of a "Google Play" brand getting the axe: Google Play Music is also expected to close when it merges with YouTube. We should learn more about the changes at Google I/O, which starts next week on Tuesday, May 8.

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  1. Google politics - censor censor censor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    Google news is reasonably useless outside of a political propaganda unit. They've given big to DNC with the past and donated staff to 'help get hillary into whitehouse'.

    Nowadays it's all about political 'message shaping', censorship 'de-platforming alternate views'. It should be registered as a political PAC.

    'Google News' isn't news, it's propaganda, and we don't need any more of that sh*t spat at us.