The NAB is attacking a major deal between big tech companies and the state of California that it says “hurts local journalism” and “has succeeded in shelving popular bipartisan state legislation that would have fairly compensated local newsrooms for their valuable journalism.”
The deal will direct around $250 million over five years to local media, according to the Associated Press. But the first-in-the-nation deal has been called disappointing by journalists and media industry experts in that “it mostly benefits the tech giant,” Google, the AP reported.
