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    George Skelton: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2024 4 minutes
    Stacks of the early edition of the Sunday Pioneer Press sit waiting to be packed and put on delivery trucks at the St. Paul Pioneer Press printing plant during the last press runs in the facility on Feb.15, 2014.

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Newspapers are dying. That’s old news. What’s new is that in California, they may get some state government life support.

    There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. These platforms are the principal villains, after all, in the downfall of so many news outlets.

    It’s not only newspapers that are in perilous decline. It’s much of news reporting — for print, broadcast and even digital.

    In financial jeopardy is the profession of gathering factual information that citizens need in order to hold their

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