The uphill battle for more robust local #journalism continues.

(Note the elements in this piece addressing the aggressive investment in #AI, too.)

"A 2023 working paper ... suggested Google owes U.S. publishers between $10 and $12 billion annually; one of the researchers, University of Houston assistant professor of finance Haaris Mateen, told More Perfect Union that Google owes California publishers alone at least $1.4 billion annually".

#MediaLiteracy #Technology
https://open.substack.com/pub/moreperfectus/p/the-fallout-of-californias-local