Readers respond to Question of the Week:

Can Google, state news sites agree?

The demise of the California Journalism Protection Act

I believe that the struggles of daily newspapers are partly due to tech giants such as Google assembling online news without compensating publishers and journalists.

These companies profit from advertising and data analysis, yet fail to share revenue with content creators, diminishing newspapers’ financial sustainability.

The result of making news available worldwide without fair compensation is tech giants unfairly exploiting professional journalists.

The California Journalism Protection Act, which aimed to require payment for new content, was a step in the right direction. I propose a state-funded program supporting the local initiatives. This will protect journalists’ integrity as well as ensure a diverse press in California.

— Jessica Diaz, Pomona

What Google does isn’t right for California press

Plagiarism is a very bad disease that exists in our culture today. Even church pastors copy sermons from other pastors every week, for goodness’ sake.

I’m not sure that your solution will save daily newspapers. However, I can only speak from my own experience.

Yesterday I renewed my subscription to this newspaper and the Wall Street Journal, the two print papers I subscribe to. Eight years ago I stopped my 50-year subscription to the L.A. Times. The reason was I simply could not stomach the totally biased reporting that appeared daily in that paper any longer. And I know I’m not alone.

— David Ward, Anaheim

Google should pay compensation for what they use on their platform

Google uses your hard work to drive viewers, which drives advertisers to pay for clicks. Google makes money this way and should pay for every click your articles receive.

The monies being talked about prevents the California Journalism Protection Act from becoming law, which would spread to all the other states. Why taxpayers should fund newspapers is beyond me.

You worked hard and should be paid for it.

— Bob Arrañaga, Long Beach