The Media Guild of the West criticized the deal, stating, 'After two years of advocacy for strong anti-monopoly action to start turning around the decline of local newsrooms, we are left almost without words. The publishers who claim to represent our industry are celebrating minimum financial commitments to Google to return the wealth this monopoly has stolen from our newsrooms.'
The $250 million Google deal will support California newsrooms, but critics argue it circumvents necessary legislative measures that would have mandated ad revenue payments from tech companies to publishers.
Despite the funding through Google's deal, the California bills aimed at protecting local news face obsolescence, leaving advocates questioning the effectiveness of the $250 million commitment.
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