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Facebook is “increasingly becoming to the news business what Amazon is to book publishing,” writes Ravi Somaiya, noting that while other services, like Twitter and Google News, can also exert a large influence, “Facebook is at the forefront of a fundamental change in how people consume journalism.” The article is worth reading for perspective on Facebook’s view on its impact on news and insights into just how often the News Feed algorithm does change: “Roughly once a week, [Facebook engineer Greg Marra] and his team of about 16 adjust the complex computer code that decides what to show a user when he or she first logs on to Facebook,” reports Somaiya.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:40:33 +0000

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