Facebook announced Friday that it would begin testing Facebook News, its dedicated feed of links to verified news outlets. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls.
In turn, Facebook also became a place where publishers hoped they could attract new readers and existing ones at unprecedented volumes. Users can choose which outlets and topics to follow and link their existing paid subscriptions to the feature. The proposed terms stand in contrast to Apple’s approach to Apple News Plus, its new, magazine-focused subscription service with a dubious revenue share and reportedly poor payout metrics that has had many in the media industry warning against Silicon Valley’s pledge to rescue the news business. The world’s largest social network has come under fire for its approach to privacy and user data as well as increasing concerns over its advertising practices. Facebook News, a dedicated tab in the mobile app, will feature only links from publishers, unlike the mix of personal updates, photos, and links in the News Feed tab. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. PCH has winning opportunities including life-changing sweepstakes and it’s all free. [Original column published on July 25] June 29 2016 should have been a bad day for several news publishers' stocks. Subscribe to Social Media Today: Subscribe to Social Media Today to get the must-read news & insights in your inbox. And now, the company wants to bring publishers back in hopes it can reestablish itself as a destination for authoritative news and genuine discussion.
Critics denounced Breitbart as a “right-wing political operation” that “foments extremism and pushes white supremacy.”. Even though publishers have long advocated for Facebook to pay them for their content, the announcement stirred up controversy over who made the cut for the platform’s latest journalism experiment.
In order to facilitate this, Facebook has been working on a subscription option to help publishers maintain direct connection with their audiences, helping them both build their businesses beyond Facebook, and better manage News Feed shifts. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. The deals could be worth millions of dollars per publisher, with Facebook reportedly offering up to $3 million a year for licensing rights for some outlets. According to Facebook, nearly half of all subscribers initially didn't follow the publishers' Page on Facebook.
And lastly, Facebook's also looking to provide additional audience building and retention tools - it's testing the ability for a publisher to allow a reader to continue reading an article if they share their email address, while it's also added a “Welcome Screen” to encourage new subscribers to follow the publisher's Page and see more of that publishers' content in News Feed. Previous efforts have included deals with publishers to make video for its Facebook Live platform, deals with media and entertainment companies to license content and create original content for its Watch platform, and the ill-fated Instant Articles platform that Facebook once hoped would become a dominant standard for news stories. Given this, the subscription offering seems fairly piecemeal, and likely won't be a major enticement to get publishers to put increased focus on Facebook publishing - unless the platform can show significant results in terms of helping to build publisher e-mail lists and subscribers off the platform. If you want to publish your post immediately, click to turn off Publication. Facebook’s revamped dedicated news section launches in the US on Tuesday on mobile only. It features thousands of partnered publishers and a … The result of a successful Facebook courting, however, could be a revival of the massive amount of referral traffic Facebook used to drive to news publishers and media companies before it began downgrading pages and other, non-individualized forms of News Feed content a few years ago. How successful these new options might be is difficult to say - Facebook's had a rough year, with a range of controversies and issues related to data misuse, anti-competitive behavior and data manipulation. An extensive list of fake news websites operating out of the Philippines has been separated into its own article from the international list. News outlets will also be able to run ads either on their own sites or via Facebook. Click Publish or Schedule.