Merchant: California must call Google's and Facebook's bluff on news
Google and Facebook say they will stop hosting news content if new laws pass requiring them to compensate publishers. This is a bluff.
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Google and Facebook say they will stop hosting news content if new laws pass requiring them to compensate publishers. This is a bluff.
After Australia passed a similar law, news outlets there received hundreds of millions of dollars annually from Facebook and Google.
As the WGA takes a hands-off approach to social media notes, the battle lines in the guild's impasse with the AMPTP are being shaped by members.
This year has seen a record number of media job cuts with the most recent being LAist, run by Southern California Public Radio, and dot.LA, which focuses on tech and startup news.
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