Facebook wants you to target its site and its apps for news coverage, as well as apps shared by friends and family: The social media giant has apparently struck a deal with social media providers. information that will allow you to appear in the headlines on a dedicated tab.
According to a Wall Street Journal article, license fees and other details have been resolved with the WSJ, the New York Post, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, and Business Insider.
Part of the negotiations consisted of determining how the paywalls would be managed, says the WSJ. News providers are not going to want to give out all of your stories for free.
According to internal sources, the 200 media will not be paid, but more importantly, the license fees could reach millions of dollars per year.
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Human writers and algorithms will be used to select the best stories of the day, WSJ reports, and there will be no ads on this new tab. With the agreed rate, a launch could take place before the end of the month.
That's not completely out of nowhere: Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said that he was exploring the idea of adding information to the site and to the website. Applications.
"It is important to me to help people obtain reliable information and find solutions that help journalists around the world do their important work," Zuckerberg said in April.
Facebook's deals with publishers appear similar to those implemented to implement Apple News Plus, the joint digital newspaper and magazine service launched in March.
ViaEngadget