Apparently Google made $4.7bn from the News Industry in 2018. As you know, Google sells advertising space on the internet. As you may also know, most people read their news online these days. Advertising in Newspapers a few decades ago was thriving, but today, Google owns a huge chunk of that market. Although this is only a corner of the market where Google operates, it is big and influential.
It may get blocked by the competition authorities, and it will certainly freak out the lefties who think tech has too much power, but I think Google should buy Twitter. Twitter and news are synonymous. They have hinted at this before. Take it or leave it Sundar Pichai.