<s>
The	O
Digital	B-Application
News	I-Application
Initiative	I-Application
is	O
a	O
European	O
organisation	O
created	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
"	O
support	O
high-quality	O
journalism	O
through	O
technology	O
and	O
innovation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
has	O
faced	O
skepticism	O
by	O
newsrooms	O
,	O
despite	O
their	O
acceptance	O
of	O
grants	O
and	O
tools	O
as	O
summed	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
2020	O
report	O
by	O
Netzpolitik	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
describe	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
Initiative	O
as	O
"	O
helping	O
journalism	O
thrive	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
age	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
German	O
group	O
Netzpolitik	O
report	O
that	O
Veit	O
Dengler	O
,	O
chairman	O
of	O
the	O
DNI	O
Fund	O
Council	O
,	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
PR	O
instrument	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
win	O
over	O
the	O
European	O
publishing	O
industry	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
while	O
campaigning	O
against	O
the	O
proposed	O
Directive	O
on	O
Copyright	O
in	O
the	O
Digital	O
Single	O
Market	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
encouraged	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Initiative	O
's	O
working	O
group	O
to	O
lobby	O
their	O
regional	O
MEPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
best	O
-	O
Madhav	O
Attached	O
to	O
the	O
letter	O
were	O
a	O
bullet	O
pointed	O
list	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
opinions	O
on	O
the	O
proposed	O
reforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Madhav	O
Chinnappa	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
email	O
and	O
"	O
Director	O
of	O
News	O
Ecosystem	O
Development	O
"	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
later	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
message	O
had	O
been	O
sent	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
request	O
for	O
comment	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
working	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
