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Google announces a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund for local newsrooms

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    patience_limited
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    Facebook has had a similar campaign for a while. These are purely optical solutions, and don't begin to address the combined devastation wrought by vulture capital, digital transformation, and...

    Facebook has had a similar campaign for a while. These are purely optical solutions, and don't begin to address the combined devastation wrought by vulture capital, digital transformation, and consolidation.

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    1. skybrian
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      While it's not going to save journalism, it's not "purely optical" for local newspapers getting much-needed grant money at a time when advertising revenue has suddenly dried up and many are laying...

      While it's not going to save journalism, it's not "purely optical" for local newspapers getting much-needed grant money at a time when advertising revenue has suddenly dried up and many are laying people off or closing.

      They haven't announced how much money they're giving away though, so we will see how much it adds up to.

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