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• @stephenlepitak Stephen Lepitak on x

  Conflicted by today's UK launch of Facebook News. On one hand it helps deliver more audience directly to #media platforms - that's gold - but on the other it creates a dependency on a partner who has all of the control and can pull the plug at any time. 🤔https://about-fb-com.cdn.…

• @jomacjomac Jo Mac on x

  Facebook is so dead. They are desperately trying to keep people engaged 😆 https://twitter.com/...

• @ryanvailbrown Rvb on x

  Facebook's biggest strength isn't its engineering talent, its community development, its M&A chops or even its R&D - they're best at lobbying and communications... that's where they shine. Here, watch them gaslight the entire digital publishing industry: https://www.telegraph.co.…

• @sarafischer Sara Fischer on x

  👀 In announcing the launch of Facebook News in the UK, Nick Clegg says that less than 4% of the content share on News Feed are links to news articles. — Still, Clegg notes, Facebook “undoubtedly plays a significant role in the distribution of journalism” https://www.telegraph.co.…

• @martinsfp Martin Sfp Bryant on x

  Ooh, midnight embargo for this one -> Facebook News launches in the UK, its first market outside of the US for the curated news portal https://t.co/X5CVvKxmWO

• @mattnavarra Matt Navarra on x

  Facebook News starts rolling out in the UK today New partners include Channel 4 News, Daily Mail Group, DC Thomson, Financial Times, Sky News and Telegraph Media Group https://about.fb.com/...

• @benmcconaghy Ben McConaghy on x

  Great to see Facebook invest in UK journalism through the launch of Facebook News. To help publishers transition in the digital age to more countries, it's critical that regulatory environments invite this kind of investment and innovation. https://twitter.com/...

• @verge @verge on x

  Facebook's News tab comes to UK in first launch outside of the US https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...