This... this looks great for the independent newscasters, that presently don't get to be featured in Google at all. Think the blog, youtube channel or private website that currently can't get any inroads with the news, due to utter dominance of a few select players.

While the new EU copyright laws would be bad for the internet as whole, this particular aspect - leveling playing field in the news space - would help diversify news delivery away from the current sad state of a handful large companies mostly feeding off of the same few wire services.