Facebook announces effort to partner with media to promote journalism.
Facebook will pay partners from a variety of mainstream outlets from Buzzfeed to Business Insider to publish their content. NBC News is among the companies.
A relaxed and upbeat Zuckerberg explained that the new initiative will display select headlines from outlets with paywalls along with free news. Facebook News, he said, had a long gestation period and was developed over several years. “It’s an incredible thing that you’ve pushed me on for a while,” he told frequent critic Thomson.
"The great loss as newspapers close or cutback will be in local news coverage. Bloggers in basements won’t cover your planning board." he said. Facebook won’t rely solely on an algorithm to serve up personalized news; it also has a panel of curators to decide what’s relevant. In an answer to a question about the inclusion of right wing outlet Breitbart on its list of media partners, Zuckerberg said he wouldn’t discuss specific outlets but that Facebook News needed a diversity of viewpoints.
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