California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, shown in January, introduced a bill Monday that, if approved, would mandate that digital advertising giants pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside new stories. The California Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, announced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks on Monday, if approved, would direct digital advertising giants to pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside news content. “Our members are the sources of that journalism, and they deserve to be paid fair market value for news they originate.” The California measure is similar to a federal bill introduced last year that would allow publishers to collectively bargain for payments from tech companies that have news content on their platforms. News/Media Alliance Executive Vice President Danielle Coffey said she hopes Congress reintroduces legislation at the federal level “to give news publishers across the U.S. the same ability to be fairly compensated by the dominant tech platforms.” Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, and Google declined to comment on the proposed California bill but have opposed the federal bill.

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Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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1 week, 5 days ago

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to …

AI? New jobs? California’s local news deal with Google leaves lots of unanswered questions
3 months ago

AI? New jobs? California’s local news deal with Google leaves lots of unanswered questions

LA Times  

A woman walks by the Above the Fold newsstand on Thursday in Los Angeles. “It was very hard to pass this legislation in Google’s backyard,” said Julie Makinen, chair of the California News Publishers Assn., the bill’s lead sponsor. California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, said: “My goal was to get resources into the hands of publications as quickly as we could, …

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal
4 months ago

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. “This public-private partnership builds on our long history of working with journalism and the local news ecosystem in our …

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal
4 months ago

Google agreed to pay millions for California news. Journalists call it a bad deal

The Independent  

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California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research
4 months ago

California announces new deal with tech to fund journalism, AI research

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will be the first U.S. state to direct millions of dollars from taxpayer money and tech companies to help pay for journalism and AI research under a new deal announced Wednesday. “This agreement represents a major breakthrough in ensuring the survival of newsrooms and bolstering local journalism across California — leveraging substantial tech industry resources without …

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms
4 months ago

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms

NPR  

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms Google and the state of California are paying 250 million dollars over the next five years to California news outlets, and research AI technology they say will assist journalists. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Lawmakers in California recently came up with a bold new proposal requiring Google to pay news outlets for their content. …

Editorial: Can California save local news? The future of community, democracy is at stake
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Can California save local news? The future of community, democracy is at stake

LA Times  

An empty news rack that used to sell Spanish-language newspaper Excelsior remains on Bristol Street in Santa Ana. And while there have been online startups, public media and philanthropic- and university-backed news organizations doing important local reporting, those outlets have also struggled in an information ecosystem that is controlled by major tech platforms. Among the most promising proposals is the …

California’s news industry is shrinking while misinformation spreads. Here’s what the numbers tell us
5 months ago

California’s news industry is shrinking while misinformation spreads. Here’s what the numbers tell us

LA Times  

As the world turned digital, people were quick to drop their Sunday papers and pick up their smartphones for news. The share of Americans using social media for news increased from 27% in 2013 to 48% in 2024, according to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2024. Sunday circulation for some of the largest newspapers …

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?
5 months ago

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?

LA Times  

A man carries a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2012. If the News Media Bargaining Code became law, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said in a Senate hearing, the company would have “no real choice” but to stop making Google Search available in Australia. Rod Sims, an economist and former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer …

California lawmakers advance tax on Big Tech to help fund news industry
5 months, 3 weeks ago

California lawmakers advance tax on Big Tech to help fund news industry

LA Times  

The California state Senate on Thursday passed legislation aimed at helping the news industry by imposing a new tax on some of the biggest tech companies in the world. Senate Bill 1327 would tax Amazon, Meta and Google for the data they collect from users and pump the money from this “data extraction mitigation fee” into news organizations by giving …

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?

LA Times  

Google would have to pay California news outlets under legislation being considered in Sacramento. California news publishers and Big Tech companies appear to be inching toward compromise on a controversial bill that would require Google and huge social media platforms to pay news outlets for the articles they distribute. However, he said, the demise of journalism harms democracy: “Thus, we …

California lawmakers revive debate over bill requiring tech platforms to pay for news
6 months, 2 weeks ago

California lawmakers revive debate over bill requiring tech platforms to pay for news

LA Times  

California Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks wrote legislation that would force Big Tech companies to pay news outlets for use of their content. The bill, also known as the “California Journalism Preservation Act,” would require digital advertising giants to pay news outlets a fee when they sell advertising alongside news content. Google argued the legislation would upend its business model and wrote …

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
7 months ago

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?

LA Times  

Ink specialist David Oma works at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in February. There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. Basically, the big internet platforms gobble up news outlets’ products and work without paying for it and build their own ad programs …

Editorial: Google’s hardball tactics against California news outlets show why it should be regulated
8 months ago

Editorial: Google’s hardball tactics against California news outlets show why it should be regulated

LA Times  

Whatever happened to Google’s “Don’t be evil” motto? The latest example is a campaign in California to demonstrate just how easily the company could crush news outlets if state lawmakers dare to pass a law requiring that tech companies, such as Google, share advertising revenue with the journalists who produce much of the content on their platforms. Specifically, Google could …

News publishers’ alliance calls on feds to investigate Google for limiting California links
8 months, 1 week ago

News publishers’ alliance calls on feds to investigate Google for limiting California links

LA Times  

Google said Friday that it would start to test limiting some users’ access to links from California news outlets. The alliance, which represents publishers in the news and magazine industry, said Google’s actions appear “to either be coercive or retaliatory, driven by Google’s opposition to a pending legislative measure in Sacramento.” The proposed state measure in question, called the California …

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
8 months, 1 week ago

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Supporters said the legislation would help level the playing field between news publishers and large digital platforms …

Google says it will reduce some user access to California news sites
8 months, 1 week ago

Google says it will reduce some user access to California news sites

LA Times  

Google plans to remove links to California news sites from its search results for some users. The bill, if signed into law, would require companies including Google to fork over a “journalism usage fee” when they sell ads next to news content. “We have long said that this is the wrong approach to supporting journalism,” Jaffer Zaidi, vice president of …

Why Google’s lobbying in California skyrocketed this year
1 year ago

Why Google’s lobbying in California skyrocketed this year

LA Times  

Google’s Bay View campus in Mountain View, Calif. “With inflation running high, we can’t afford another Sacramento tax increase.” The ad stated that it was “paid for” by the California Taxpayers Assn., a nonprofit advocacy group, but it really was bankrolled by Google. Google’s payment to the taxpayers group made up most of the record $1.5 million the company spent …

California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news placed on hold until 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news placed on hold until 2024

LA Times  

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento in 2022. Wicks’ bill that would require digital advertising giants such as Facebook and Google to pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” has been put on hold until 2024. A California bill that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for …

California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news gains momentum
1 year, 6 months ago

California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news gains momentum

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content cleared another critical hurdle Thursday. The California Labor Federation joined in supporting the bill Thursday, saying the bill would protect journalism jobs by “leveling the playing field between publishers and social media websites.” Meta, which owns Facebook …

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill
1 year, 6 months ago

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers. The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline …

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

NPR  

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes Enlarge this image toggle caption LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images Facebook and Instagram will block all news articles in California if state lawmakers pass a bill meant to funnel money from the tech platforms to media organizations, a Meta spokesman threatened on Wednesday. The …

Could charging Big Tech a ‘journalism usage fee’ help save local news?
1 year, 7 months ago

Could charging Big Tech a ‘journalism usage fee’ help save local news?

LA Times  

While many publishers and newsroom unions have voiced support for the California Journalism Preservation Act, some organizations worry it could make things worse. Loosening Big Tech’s ‘vise grip’ AB 886, dubbed the California Journalism Preservation Act, would charge a “journalism usage fee” to large platforms that make news content available on their sites. The revenue from those fees would then …

California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news
1 year, 7 months ago

California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The bill, which cleared an important Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday with bipartisan support, …

California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news
1 year, 7 months ago

California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Big Tech companies such as Google and Meta might soon have to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content under a proposed California measure attempting to save local journalism. Supporters of the bill said it would provide a “lifeline” to local news organizations that have seen their advertising revenues nosedive in the digital era. …

US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to help media negotiate with Big Tech
1 year, 8 months ago

US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to help media negotiate with Big Tech

Firstpost  

The bill was introduced by Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, along with Senator John Kennedy, a Republican Washington: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a bill to allow news organizations to join together to negotiate ad rates with tech giants such as Alphabet Inc’s Google. The bill was introduced by Democratic Senator …

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 11, Facebook-owner Meta reiterated its stance against Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Introduced in April 2022, Canada’s ‘Online News Act,’ also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, aims to make Big Tech companies like Google and Meta compensate local news publishers for making the latter’s content available for users on its platforms. …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content
2 years, 5 months ago

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content

News 18  

aceAustralia’s “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” has made it compulsory for the Big Tech companies to pay news publishers for showing links on their platforms. Recently, the minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Times of India, that the government is thinking about passing a law requiring tech companies such as Google, Meta, …

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means
2 years, 5 months ago

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means

India Today  

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly putting the final touches to a new piece of legislation that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they display on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel global tech majors such as Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and …

U.S. hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft
3 years, 9 months ago

U.S. hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft

The Hindu  

A House Judiciary panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday who represent a range of news organizations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook and Alphabet's Google increasingly dominate their industry. The antitrust subcommittee leading the charge against tech platforms, and in this instance focusing on their relations with news organizations, will also hear …

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?

Firstpost  

The Australian law is seen as a potential model for companies around the world who have seen their advertising revenues decimated by the rise of internet platforms. After months of tense negotiation, the government agreed to water down elements of the new law in exchange for Facebook and Google agreeing to payment deals with struggling local media firms – seen …

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news

Firstpost  

Sydney: Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. Google has already brokered deals worth millions of dollars with Australian media companies, including the two largest: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Nine Entertainment. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s …

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook pay for news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia has passed new law …

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news

Live Mint  

Australia's parliament passed landmark legislation Thursday requiring global digital giants to pay for local news content, in a move closely watched around the world. The law passed easily after a last-gasp deal that watered-down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed in return for the tech giants agreeing to pay local media companies. "Importantly, the code encourages parties to …

Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals

The Hindu  

Google and Facebook were close to striking “significant commercial deals” to pay Australian media for news ahead of Australia creating world-first laws that would force the digital giants to finance journalism, a minister said Monday. “We’ve made real progress, I think, in the last 48 to 72 hours and I think we’re going to see some significant commercial deals which …

Google opens paid-for Australia news platform in drive to undercut Canberra's content payment law
3 years, 10 months ago

Google opens paid-for Australia news platform in drive to undercut Canberra's content payment law

The Hindu  

Tech giant Google on Friday launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for, striking its own content deals with publishers in a drive to show legislation proposed by Canberra to enforce payments, a world first, is unnecessary. Google said on Friday in a statement it looked forward to striking agreements with more Australian publishers, whose position has …

Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Content in Australia Due to a New Media Law
4 years ago

Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Content in Australia Due to a New Media Law

News 18  

Australia finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism that has been strongly opposed by the internet giants. “Our legislation will help ensure that the rules of the digital world mirror the rules of the physical world…and ultimately sustain our media landscape.” The law …

Google to pay publishers $1 bn
4 years, 2 months ago

Google to pay publishers $1 bn

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years. The search giant will pay publishers to provide blurbs for its news app and to give readers free access to certain …

Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content
4 years, 2 months ago

Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their content, the company’s latest effort to defuse tensions over its dominance of the news industry. News companies want Google, and its Silicon Valley rival Facebook, to pay for the news content that they siphon from commercial media while taking the lion’s share of ad revenue. …

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