Joshua Wood

From the Newsroom: This bill would help local media

Washington state’s SB 5400 “would support local journalism by creating a tax surcharge to be paid by large international technology companies.”

“It would provide $20 million per year to split among existing newspapers, news websites and broadcasters.”

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  • As a Washingtonian, I can see the local techs opposing this on principle, especially Amazon. Bezos owns WaPo, what more support do newsrooms need besides the pockets of billionaires? 🫣 /s

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