How Google used influence, ultimatum to cut controversial deal on California news

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By Hannah Miller, Julia Love and Eliyahu Kamisher | Bloomberg

Google was negotiating to spend $110 million to support California’s struggling journalism industry, but the search giant had a demand: taxpayers would need to contribute tens of…

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