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Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Facebook is the worlds most influential source of news.Thats true according to every available measure of size the billion-plus people who devour its News Feed every...
View ArticleFears of Facebook Bias Seem to Be Overblown
Wall Street Journal - Questions about a Facebook bias should focus on the service's news feed, rather than its trending topics, writes Keywords columnist Christopher Mims. Buts fears seem to be...
View ArticleMorning News Feed: Top talkers for May 16, 2016
WKYC NBC Cleveland - May 16, 2016: WKYC's Maureen Kyle delivers a dose of today's top talkers. Follow @MaureenKyle on Twitter for loads more daily news updates.
View ArticleFacebook's Zuckerberg sets up big meeting over news feed flap
Digital Trends - Facebook says that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be meeting this week with about a dozen conservative figures to talk about the news feed content situation. Plus, Starbreeze VR system gets...
View ArticleYoung shoppers are not happy with targeted ads
Business Insider - BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Brands are scrambling to get targeted ads onto...
View ArticleInstagram rolling out non-chronological feed in the US
Phandroid - Last week, Instagram introduced a whole new "look" for their app which included a simple, grey-scale UI and incredibly loud pink icon for your home screen. We were less than enthused about...
View ArticleFacebook is expanding its advertising platform (FB)
Business Insider - BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Facebook's mobile ad platform, known as Facebook...
View ArticleWhy it's funny Republicans are upset with Facebook
San Francisco Chronicle - America's right wing is in a froth following allegations that Facebook has tweaked its "trending news" feed to reduce the visibility of conservative news sites. Nonetheless,...
View ArticleBehind Facebook's trending news feed, a deeper flaw
Christian Science Monitor - Most of the analysis of Facebook's news bias is missing the point. The ideas inherent in 'trending news' are problematic.
View ArticleCensoring Conservative Individuals -- Not Just Media...
Drudge Report - The liberal media are all over one part of the Facebook scandal story - and ignoring another. Generally, media have covered the accusations that the social media site is censoring...
View ArticleOur Collective Remembrance-Day Scar
Times of Israel - A week ago, on Remembrance Day, my Facebook news feed filled up with photos of fathers, husbands, brothers and......
View ArticleWhat if Facebook Gave Us
Wall Street Journal - Facebook's News Feed is an echo chamber of one's own viewpoints in the 2016 presidential campaign. Would an opposing-viewpoints button help burst what Eli Pariser calls the...
View ArticleWhat if Facebook Gave Us An Opposing-Viewpoints Button?
Nasdaq - Shutterstock photo By Geoffrey A. Fowler Imagine if you could flip a switch on Facebook, and turn all the conservative viewpoints that you see liberal, or vice versa. You'd realize your news...
View ArticleAmericans don't want the government regulating Facebook despite...
Daily Dot - Don't tread on my News Feed.
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg to Hold Meeting With Conservatives Amid Criticism
ABC News - A select group of conservatives will meet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this afternoon at the social media's headquarters in California in an effort to calm the waters after allegations...
View ArticleHow the Facebook News editorial process really works: An inside look
TechRepublic - A Facebook News staffer explains how the editorial process works, describes the labor conditions, and responds to allegations of News Feed bias.
View ArticleMedia Ignoring a MAJOR Part of the Facebook Scandal
NewsBusters - The liberal media are all over one part of the Facebook scandal story - and ignoring another. Generally, media have covered the accusations that the social media site is censoring...
View ArticleFacebook meeting attendee on what to expect
CNBC - Discussion on the meeting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will have regarding allegations claiming that curators of the website's highly trafficked "news feed" had deliberately censored certain...
View ArticleI Eat La.: Tricks take old favorites cornbread, fish filets to new levels
Baton Rouge Advocate - With all the examples of culinary creativity that flood my inbox and news feed every day, sometimes I feel like I have to push the menu envelope and take basic
View ArticleThis Interactive Tool Shows How Your News Feed Can Become Politically Biased
Lifehacker - We all choose to follow the news outlets we like the best. To an extent, that's natural. However, as this interactive tool points out, it can be all too easy to slip into an echo chamber...
View ArticleWatch Lin Manuel-Miranda Toast His Bride To Fiddler On The Roof's "L'chaim!"
New York Jewish Week - You've probably seen these videos pop up when scrolling through your Facebook news feed: "Insane wedding toast" or, "You'll never believe how this groom surprised his bride!"...
View ArticleFacebook tests customizable news feed categories
The Next Web - If your Facebook news feed is feeling a bit cluttered these days, you wouldn't be the first to think so. In fact, it seems Facebook might make it possible
View ArticleFacebook Is Slowly Pushing Custom News Feed Categories
AndroidHeadlines.com - On any social network, it's fairly easy to get lost. You may curate your own content by generating a list of followed, friended and liked entities and peop
View ArticleSnapchat moves to help publishers not on Discover
Business Insider - This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Snapchat is reportedly working on introducing a new...
View ArticleFacebook is planning to change up your news feed AGAIN
UK Daily Mirror - A customisable news feed is rumoured to be coming that lets you separate updates into different categories
View ArticleFacebook is about to make the biggest change to the news feed since it launched
UK Independent - Facebook is testing potentially the biggest change to its news feed since it launched. The site is planning to split the feeds up into separate topics, according to screenshots that...
View ArticleNational Rifle Association Denies Guardian US Entry To Annual Convention
Huffington Post - The National Rifle Association denied press credentials to the Guardian US to cover its annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, apparently over a restriction on foreign media...
View ArticleBreak me out of LinkedIn prison
Metafilter - I want to delete my LinkedIn account. I'm tired of it, the security breaches, the spam, the shady practices of gobbling phone contacts, the spying, and the horrible no good worthless "news...
View ArticleFake Products For Cat Lovers: Woah There, Cat Person! The Catterbox Isn't...
Inquisitr - Fake products for cat lovers are a thing. In case you missed this here's the scenario: You're reading your news feed on Facebook or your Twitter and someone
View ArticleTakeaway from Facebook's Trending Topics
Youngstown Vindicator - Over the past week, Facebook was the center of controversy regarding its purported manipulation of the Trending Topics section.At issue was a report published on tech blog...
View ArticleGoogle has caught up to Facebook in a key area (GOOG, FB, GOOGL)
Business Insider - Getting people to download apps is a big business and Google just upped its ante. Over the past several years, mobile app install ads have swelled in popularity because they drive...
View ArticleDealing with the harsh Instagram Algorithm change
Examiner - Online social networking is all about the news feed.
View ArticleHow to stop Facebook ruining your day with terrible memories
Daily Express - IF YOU'VE had a Facebook account for a while, chances are, the hugely-successful social network has a few memories and photos you'd rather not see plastered across your News Feed.
View ArticleQuote of the Day: The Conservative Fight to Become First Gnat
Mother Jones - From conservative Jim Geraghty on the ongoing spat between right-wingers about who's selling out to whom in the great Facebook War of 2016: I'm pretty darn sure that throwing around...
View ArticleFacebook is changing its internal Trending Topics guidelines after report...
Business Insider - Facebook has changed some of its internal guidelines for choosing which stories appear in its "Trending" topics section, following accusations of political bias. For example, it will...
View ArticleFacebook changes policies on Trending Topics over censorship claims
Daily Mail - Facebook has changed its policies on Trending Topics over claims the California-based company had a strong anti-conservative bias when preparing its news feed.
View ArticleGet news that affects your life; make News-Journal pages first in your...
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Facebook allows you to choose what pages you see first for your news feed, and we're hoping you choose ours."The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter...
View ArticleGet news that affects your life; make News-Journal pages firsts in your...
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Facebook allows you to choose what pages you see first for your news feed, and we're hoping you choose ours."The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter...
View ArticleUnicorns are just the first of many 'fictional' creatures that are probably real
New York Post - Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and more may soon cross over from fiction to fact. You might have been surprised to find your news feed filled with stories about the scientifically...
View ArticleSpotify seeks more personalized playlists after Discover Weekly finds 40M users
TechCrunch - Apple Music, Tidal, and until recently, Spotify, failed at music discovery because they stuck to a blog-style format. But Spotify has cracked the code with a Facebook News Feed-style...
View ArticleWill Facebook's 'trending' kerfuffle alter the way we read news?
Christian Science Monitor - Facebook said it had found no evidence of 'systematic political bias' in its trending news feed. But it is changing how it chooses news, offering insight into its algorithm.
View Article3 ways Facebook messes with your mind
New York Post - Have you ever planned to quickly check your news feed only to find yourself two years deep into your ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend's best friend's sister's photos? That fall down...
View ArticleWill Facebook's 'trending' scandal change the way we read news?
Christian Science Monitor - Facebook said it had found no evidence of 'systematic political bias' in its trending news feed. But it is changing how it chooses news, offering insight into its algorithm.
View ArticleWhy Content and Connections Matter on LinkedIn
Huffington Post - I regularly do training on LinkedIn and have spoken to many groups on how to use LinkedIn. Two things that I notice are constantly coming up are questions around content and...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy Disease is Psychosomatic
N4G - Hardcore Gamer: In my news feed this morning I came across the term "Final Fantasy Disease." Mild panic set in since I have had enough exposure to the most inappropriately named franchise ever to...
View ArticleFacebook's trending scandal could change the way we read news
Business Insider - Reuters/Dado Ruvic As it negotiates a controversy about how it develops "trending" topics, Facebook is confronting thorny questions about political bias that have long dogged...
View ArticleMorning News Feed for Thursday, May 26
WKYC NBC Cleveland - Morning News Feed for Thursday, May 26
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg should put his money where his mouth is and throw Peter Thiel...
Business Insider - Thomson Reuters Mark Zuckerberg says that he believes in freedom of expression. To prove it, he should ask Peter Thiel, who funded a legal campaign designed to drive Gawker Media out...
View ArticleFacebook tests news feed sorted by topics in Australia
Mashable - In Australia, Facebook is testing a new version of the news feed.
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