How The News Business Can Survive Facebook

The social network's plans to control even more of the media industry squeezed a collective gasp out of publishers. Was that a last breath?Facebook recently wrapped up a "listening tour," hoping to lure publishers across the United States to deliver their content pages and news feeds to Facebook. The idea was that these pages would take on their own life within the mobile portion of the social media space. Since Facebook's 1.4 billion users give it the world's biggest platform, it goes without saying that this move would define the very future of news delivery.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2014-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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