From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: YouTube puts $25 million toward news initiatives from Digiday YouTube announced it would spend $25 million on news, part of the Google News Initiative that pledged $300 million in March to help the news industry. The money is being used to hire more specialists to support publishers; help publishers build their own video operations; and create a working group with news organizations to come up with new video product features and improve news on YouTube. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063