Facebook plans to launch a news page

Facebook plans to launch a news page



The social network would work with other media to create the content, according to Zuckerberg



  Facebook is working on the creation of a news page on its platform, with the aim of financially supporting "high quality and reliable" journalism, said its founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday.

The head of the social network, which has 2,300 million users, spoke about this project in a video broadcast on his Facebook profile, as part of a conversation with Mathias Doepfner, CEO of German media giant Axel Springer.

"We want this to highlight high-quality and reliable information," said Zuckerberg. According to him, between 10 and 15% of Facebook users would be interested in a space devoted to news.


  Zuckerberg said that it would be necessary to select the published information, but he did not give many details about the form that this new tool would have, which he hopes to develop in conjunction with large media groups.

While the proposal is still being drawn, the founder of Facebook also said that this project could financially help media groups in their difficult transition to digital . "
There is a real opportunity to give publishers a better monetization of their content through a separate information service, "said Zuckerberg, adding that" Facebook could have a direct relationship with publishers to make sure their content is available. " . However, he denied wanting to turn Facebook into a "publisher". "we will not have journalists who deal with the news , " he said. 


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