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. Instead, Google and the state of California have promised to pay $250 million over the next five years to Californian news outlets and to support AI technology intended to assist journalists. Based on your reporting, is there a legitimate fear that AI could totally replace the work of journalists and that this step that Google is taking is a step towards something like that?

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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  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google will soon give …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Google threatens to cut off news links in California
8 months, 1 week ago

Google threatens to cut off news links in California

The Hindu  

Google says it will start removing links to California news websites for some users in California. The move from Google comes in response to the pending California Journalism Preservation Act, which would require Google to pay a fee for linking users in the state to news articles. Google, in the testing phase, will remove links to California news websites, potentially …

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 …

Today’s Cache| Google’s new AI conversational model; California settles with Google over location privacy practices; Tech leaders back AI regulations
1 year, 3 months ago

Today’s Cache| Google’s new AI conversational model; California settles with Google over location privacy practices; Tech leaders back AI regulations

The Hindu  

Google’s new AI conversational model Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini conversational artificial intelligence software. Tech leaders back AI regulations At a closed-door Senate forum, tech leaders loosely endorsed the idea of government regulations for artificial intelligence, but there is little consensus on what regulations would look like. Executives attending …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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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