FB to deliver News Corp stories
Its upcoming news tab will highlight headlines from WSJ
20/10/2019 , Agence France-Presse, San Francisco
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be among the headlines delivered in a news tab the leading social network plans to launch in coming weeks.
Edited by seasoned journalists, the tab will be separate from the feed that displays updates from people’s friends, according to the California-based tech giant.
The new feature marks a departure from Facebook’s longstanding practice of letting algorithms dictate users’ experiences.
“I’m excited we’ll have the opportunity to include award-winning journalism from The Wall Street Journal — and other U.S. News Corp properties — in our news tab,” the firm’s co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.
No details were provided about the agreement, but last month Facebook said it plans to pay only a portion of the publishers whose stories appear in the tab.
Facebook and Google currently dominate the market for online advertising, making it harder for traditional news organizations to gain traction in digital.
Mr. Zuckerberg and his social network have also come under intense pressure in recent years over the spread of so-called “fake news” and data privacy issues.
The WSJ has reported that Facebook plans to pay about a quarter of the estimated 200 news organisations whose articles will be featured.
Its upcoming news tab will highlight headlines from WSJ
20/10/2019 , Agence France-Presse, San Francisco
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be among the headlines delivered in a news tab the leading social network plans to launch in coming weeks.
Edited by seasoned journalists, the tab will be separate from the feed that displays updates from people’s friends, according to the California-based tech giant.
The new feature marks a departure from Facebook’s longstanding practice of letting algorithms dictate users’ experiences.
“I’m excited we’ll have the opportunity to include award-winning journalism from The Wall Street Journal — and other U.S. News Corp properties — in our news tab,” the firm’s co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.
No details were provided about the agreement, but last month Facebook said it plans to pay only a portion of the publishers whose stories appear in the tab.
Facebook and Google currently dominate the market for online advertising, making it harder for traditional news organizations to gain traction in digital.
Mr. Zuckerberg and his social network have also come under intense pressure in recent years over the spread of so-called “fake news” and data privacy issues.
The WSJ has reported that Facebook plans to pay about a quarter of the estimated 200 news organisations whose articles will be featured.
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