Facebook’s CNN livestream will test its place in the second screen era
Oct13
Facebook is seriously ramping up its efforts to win over journalists, who tend to rely more on Twitter as a news source. After expanding access to its Mentions app and launching Signal for journalists, the company has partnered with CNN to demonstrate how powerful live-streaming news through its platform can be. The partnership is officially kicking off with the US Democratic presidential debate this evening (8:30PM EST), and will continue as the news outlet live-streams associated content. CNN is the first media company to gain access to this feature on the Mentions app. In the Facebook lounge at #DemDebate – what questions do you…
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