US EditionNewsom Rolls Back $20M for California Newsrooms to Reduce Budget Deficit
- Governor Gavin Newsom plans to cut California's newsroom funding from the previously anticipated $30 million down to $10 million for the budget period starting July 1, 2025, due to escalating state budget challenges.
- This reduction follows a 2024 agreement where California and Google pledged nearly $250 million over five years to support struggling newsrooms, replacing proposed legislation.
- Newsom cited a projected $12 billion budget shortfall that forced widespread spending cuts across state programs including media support and healthcare for undocumented immigrants.
- H.D. Palmer, a spokesperson for the state Department of Finance, explained that the funding reduction was due to a decrease in resources compared to what was anticipated in the January budget.
- The funding cut raises concerns about the stability of the journalism fund, though lawmakers could restore cuts by the June 15 budget deadline amid calls for stronger support.
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Newsom rolls back $20M for California newsrooms to reduce budget deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed cutting funding for California newsrooms by 67%, reducing the state’s contribution from the expected $30 million to $10 million for the 2025-2026 fiscal year that begins July 1. The funding cut affects a new, high-profile deal with Google to support local news outlets through what's called the News Transformation Fund. The proposed funding reduction is just one piece of a proposal to confront a mounting deficit. Initia…
Marin Independent Journal
Newsom’s budget trims state’s ‘major breakthrough in ensuring the survival of newsrooms’
Last August, Gov. Gavin Newsom hailed a “major breakthrough in ensuring the survival of newsrooms” with the announcement of a deal in which the state, search giant Google and others would provide nearly $250 million in public and private funding over five years to support California news publishers decimated by the digital age. But Newsom this week trimmed the state’s opening contribution by two thirds in his proposed budget revision to close a …
Brickbat: Pay per Link
The Oregon Senate Rules Committee voted 3–2 to advance a bill that would require big tech companies like Google and Meta to pay at least $104 million and $18 million annually, respectively, to Oregon newspapers and journalism programs for linking to their content, despite opposition from tech industry groups. Supporters, including some Oregon publishers, argue the bill is a lifeline for struggling local newsrooms, compensating them for content t…
Los Angeles Times
DNyuzNewsom proposes $20-million funding cut for California newsrooms, citing budget issues
The state confirmed Wednesday that it will pay out $10 million, instead of $30 million, to California newsrooms for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
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