Facebook launches news feature

Published October 25, 2019 3:13pm ET



Facebook rolled out a news tab Friday to a select number of people in the United States, marking the social media giant’s latest foray into the journalism business.

Facebook News highlights national and local stories curated from roughly 200 news outlets to start, which have entered into partnerships with Facebook, including BuzzFeed, the New York Times, NBCUniversal, and the Washington Post. Some of the publishers will be paid.

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