Remember the $125M pot of cash California and Google agreed to send to UC Berkeley for funding cash-strapped local newsrooms?
Berkeley says they can't take it, I report this morning for
@politico.com, meaning the money has nowhere to go — for now.
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California left scrambling on Google journalism deal after UC Berkeley backs out
The university’s journalism school will not host a proposed $125 million fund for California newsrooms, POLITICO has learned.