California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to include the journalism funding in his January budget, Wicks said, but concerns from other Democratic leaders could throw a wrench in the plan.
Google to pay millions for news in California, journalists are not happy about it
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"My priority is making sure this bill does exactly, and only, what it intends: to support our free press and the democracy sustained by it, to make sure publications get paid what they are owed, and to hold our nation's largest and wealthiest tech companies accountable for repurposing content that's not theirs," Ms. Wicks said in a statement.
California delays decision on bill to make Big Tech pay for news content
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