Google, for now, will drop its 2025 contribution to a fund to support local newsrooms to $10 million from $15 million, matching Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rollback in his latest state budget plan.

The state notched a first-in-nation deal for the tech giant to help fund struggling newsrooms — but is now changing the scope ...

The big hands of Google continue undermining local journalism, reaping billions of dollars in windfall profits off the backs ...

Google announced it will reduce its contribution to a fund supporting California local news outlets, paying $10 million instead of the initially promised $15 million. This decision comes after ...

California lawmakers will work over the next few weeks to finalize the state’s contribution to the local news fund. Google has not yet signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the agreement.

Google said it would contribute more money ... the state start a fund that would have given $125 million to news outlets across California over five years. Most of that money would have come ...

Thousands of users across California and the U.S. are reporting issues or outages with Google, YouTube, Spotify Etsy, Snapchat, UPS and more.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Google will pay $5 million less than it promised to a fund intended to help struggling California news outlets stay ...