“Google agrees to America’s first newsroom funding deal. It’s already unpopular.”

“…Google has brokered a first-in-the-nation deal with California lawmakers to direct millions of dollars to local newsrooms, the latest in a series of global efforts to require tech companies to support the journalism they profit from…”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/google-california-newsroom-ai-00174817

Now this is interesting. The government is holding Google hostage. They’re facing a potential break up. That’s not a coincidence they used to be against funding mainstream media and now magically they’re for it. Big Tech can not save mainstream media. It’s a leach that’ll suck them dry. Can’t say I feel sorry for Google.