Facebook in 2015: Pivot to video! Facebook today: Local news is dead!

Facebook paints a bleak picture for the media industry, while ignoring its own role in publishing’s demise. Benevolent Doctor Facebook today gave the country a very grave diagnosis via a blog post. The company has found that–wait for it–local news is dying. In fact, Facebook says that about one-third of all Americans live in a local news desert–meaning they simply don’t have access to real, local reporting. It’s a big problem, Facebook bemoaned, and it says it wants to try and fix it. Thank you, good doctor.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2019-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Do’s and Don’ts: Facebook Releases News Feed Publisher Guidelines

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[ AdWeek | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Are Really Not Going to Like Facebook’s Latest News Feed Test

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[ AdWeek | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Fox 32 became the most engaging news publisher on Facebook

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[ Digiday | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Tests a News Feed Without Posts From Publishers

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[ Advertising Age | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ PC World | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2017-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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