Did California Governor Gavin Newson kill efforts to save newspapers from Big Tech?  A few weeks ago, Newsom announced a deal with Google that effectively killed legislation to force Google, Meta and other big tech firms to compensate news organizations for making money off their products. He announced the state would enter into a sort of private-partnership with Google and Open AI -- just as a federal court was declaring Google an illegal monopoly.

What the hell happened? Mike Bonin talks with Matt Pearce of the Media Guild of the West, on the latest episode of What’s Next, Los Angeles?

LINKS
California's Deal With Big Tech on Newsroom Funding Kills Revenue-Sharing Legislation (KQED)

The News Business Really Is Cratering (Politico)

Notes on a Dying Form (Annenberg)

Matt Pearce @mattdpearce
https://mattdpearce.substack.com/

Media Guild of the West

What's Next, Los Angeles? is produced and hosted by Mike Bonin, in partnership with LA Forward.