You don't need a statement from Google, these numbers are made public in every quarter's filing:
E.g. from http://investor.google.com/releases/2005Q3.html: " On a worldwide basis, Google employed 4,989 full time employees as of September 30, 2005, up from 4,183 as of June 30, 2005." |
Also, you said "news" workers, not "new" workers. Implying some kind of news organization. |