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Facebook made a $300 million pledge to help journalists — just like Google did last year
Facebook says it is going to spend $300 million over the next three years to support journalism.
Does that sound familiar?
Here's why: Ten months ago, Google said it was going to spend $300 million over three years to support journalism.
Facebook says it's just a coincidence that it landed on the same dollar amount that its primary competitor landed on last year. But I'm not complaining. In part because I want Google and Facebook to spend money supporting journalism. And also because it means I don't have to rewrite this piece, from March 2018: "Google and Facebook can't help publishers because they're built to defeat publishers."
Previously: Google Pledges $300 Million for "Google News Initiative" to Fight Fake News
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @06:24AM (2 children)
The first thing that comes to mind is how google destroyed firefox, but current journalism is in such a sad state that Im not sure I care.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Friday January 18 2019, @12:16PM
Firefox did a pretty good job of destroying itself.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @01:16PM
Oh I see! It was gooooògle who was behind the plugin system purge and other atrocities!!
All this time I thought it was Mozilla burning down their own ship.