#facebook-news

#facebook-news

Meta is ending news licensing deals with outlets like CNN and the New York Times in the US and Australia.

Facebook News tab, launched in 2019 with significant content deals, will be discontinued in April 2024, with a shift towards short-form video content.

Facebook to deprecate Facebook News in the US and Australia, focusing on short form video content instead.

Existing Facebook News agreements with publishers in Australia, France, and Germany remain unaffected by the deprecation.

Facebook News tab deprecated in US and Australia

Meta focusing on short form video content over traditional news

Meta is removing the news tab on Facebook in the U.S. and Australia by April 2024.

The company wants to focus on products users value, like short-form video, as news usage declined.

Meta to remove Facebook News tab in Australia and US

Australia government criticizes Meta's decision to stop paying for news content

Meta discontinuing Facebook news in US and Australia

Meta to focus on short form video over news content

End of deals between Facebook and news publishers