Headline Roundup • August 20th, 2019
Facebook Hires Journalists to Manage News Tab
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Facebook recently spoke with Axios, revealing a number of plans to promote news outlets on its platform including the creation of a “News Tab” featuring outlets handpicked by Facebook, changing how millions of people receive news.
Axios reports that social media giant Facebook has new plans aimed at helping handpicked news outlets on its platform and will be hiring a number of seasoned journalists to curate a planned “News Tab” feature. The news tab is reportedly an effort by Facebook to restore some credibility to the site’s news feed which...
Facebook executives tell Axios they're hiring seasoned journalists to help curate a forthcoming "News Tab" that they hope will change how millions get news.
Why it matters: News Tab is an effort by Facebook to restore the sanity and credibility that's lost in the chaos of our main feeds. Facebook will personalize the News Tab, so it will need a massive amount of content, from the New York Jets to gardening.
News Tab, a personal passion of CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is also an effort by Facebook to develop a healthier...
New York Times (News)
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has long relied on algorithms to select news stories for its users to see.
Now the social network wants to rely on something else for the same task, too: humans.
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