Facebook is reportedly working with publishers to build a breaking news app
Aug11
News consumption via Facebook is continuing to rise, and it looks like the social network giant is looking to further capitalize by creating a new app just for breaking news. According to a report by Business Insider, Facebook is working on an app that lets publishers write 100 characters of text along with a URL to share breaking news to their fans or followers. The URL must come from that publisher’s website, meaning other publishers can’t send alerts out from a secondhand source. On the consumer end, users can download the app and subscribe to publishers they wish to receive alerts from, or…
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