Facebook is joining other tech giants in employing journalists to curate news by MichaelFNunez
The social media giant remains an important part of many Americans lives, much more than its rivals Twitter and Snapchat. According to Pew Research, about 69% of American adults use Facebook, and of those who use it, about 74% visit the site once a day. By comparison, only one in five U.S. adults use Twitter.conducted in 2018, about four in ten U.S. adults get at least some news from Facebook.
In January 2017, Facebook hired Campbell Brown, a former television news anchor, to lead its news partnerships team. She remains a key figure in easing the tension between large national news outlets—those who have historically provided an endless trove of free content for the social media giant—and the company.Facebook for siphoning advertising revenue away from traditional news publishers while also demanding that those same companies provide content for free.
The News Tab, which has not been publicly viewed, is being positioned in stark contrast to the company’s Trending Topics news section, whichIn 2016, the tech website Gizmodo published an article alleging contractors hired to curate the now-defunct Trending Topics feed were actively suppressing conservative news stories.
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