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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    CA may soon make social media sites pay for news content

    State lawmakers want to force big tech companies like Meta to pay for news articles that appear on their sites. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks sponsored a bill that would make it happen.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 5, 2023 • 1 min read

    State lawmakers want to force big tech companies like Meta to pay for news articles that appear on their sites. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks sponsored a bill that would make it happen.

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    2. 11:26CA may soon make social media sites pay for news contentYou’re reading this
    3. 24:11DGA strikes tentative deal. What does this mean for writers, actors?
    4. 33:48AI-generated music might blur lines between art and algorithm
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      Buffy Wicks

      California State Assemblymember in the Bay Area

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    AI remixes music industry, directors and studios reach deal
    1. 0:00Migrants are flown from NM to CA. Rob Bonta calls it kidnapping
    2. 11:26CA may soon make social media sites pay for news contentYou’re reading this
    3. 24:11DGA strikes tentative deal. What does this mean for writers, actors?
    4. 33:48AI-generated music might blur lines between art and algorithm
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand