New York Times, BuzzFeed to Publish Directly to Facebook

Nine major domestic and international publishers including The New York Times and BuzzFeed will begin publishing articles and videos directly to Facebook as part of an initiative called Instant Articles, Facebook announced on Wednesday.The highly anticipated partnership will certainly have many other publishers calling their Facebook reps on Wednesday asking how they, too, can get involved. At the start, the media companies rolling out on Instant Articles are the Times, BuzzFeed, National Geographic, NBC News, The Atlantic, The Guardian, BBC News, Spiegel and Bild."Fundamentally, this is a tool that enables publishers to provide a better experience for their readers on Facebook," Chris Cox, Facebook's chief product officer, said in a statement. "Instant Articles lets them deliver fast, interactive articles while maintaining control of their content and business models." Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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When Facebook's Campbell Brown addressed an auditorium full of magazine executives in New York Tuesday, she did not mince words: The social network is not here to save their businesses.Facebook's head of global news partnerships was addressing an audience of print media professionals at the... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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‘Publishers were always a second priority’: Confessions of a former Facebook exec on the platform’s struggles with video

"We generated revenue from brands. If content was so important, you’d think we would be trying harder to please publishers." The post ‘Publishers were always a second priority’: Confessions of a former Facebook exec on the platform’s struggles with video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Bloomberg Media's CRO thinks it's a great time to be a publisher

Subscribe to us on iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Stitcher, Google Play and iHeartRadio too. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend!It is, to hear Bloomberg Media's Keith Grossman tell it, both the best of times and the worst of times to be a publisher, depending on who you ask. On... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Facebook is funding more programs catering to local news publishers

Facebook announced over $30 million in grants to organizations trying to help local news publishers. The post Facebook is funding more programs catering to local news publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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‘Efficient’: Publishers are recycling their Instagram efforts for Facebook Stories

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Jill Abramson says Howard Kurtz trying to 'Foxify my book' by focusing on passage critical of New York Times

Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, says that a Fox News report claiming that she views her former employer as biased against President Trump took words from her forthcoming book out of context. The Fox News article, written by Howard Kurtz and headlined "Former NY... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Viral publisher First Media joins Snapchat with repurposed Facebook video

First Media decided to join Snapchat after the platform no longer required publishers to share only exclusive content. The post Viral publisher First Media joins Snapchat with repurposed Facebook video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Facebook exempts news publishers from its archive on political ads

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Facebook Is Expanding Its Test of a Breaking News Tag to Publishers in More Countries

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The New York Times is cutting its online price, but there’s a catch

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Scribd, ‘New York Times’ Team to Offer Joint Subscription

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‘We’re giving them a harder time’: Axel Springer tries to turn up heat on Facebook

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Facebook rolls out system to include news publishers in its controversial Ad Archive

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