Facebook on Tuesday introduced Instant Articles, a feature that lets publishers place their stories directly on its site. Nine major media outlets have signed on. The content is optimized for mobile devices, and Instant Articles currently is available only on iOS. Publishers get 100 percent of the revenue from ads they place with their content. Facebook will commit to a hands-off policy on news coverage, said spokesperson Alexa Cassanos. Publishers “are in complete control of what they publish on Facebook — both links and Instant Articles.”
"Why should I pay for the New York Times if they are giving content exclusively to Facebook and I, as a subscriber, have no access to it?" That's an intelligent, and if we may say so, an obvious question!
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Facebook's Instant Articles Raise Troubling Questions
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 13, 2015 02:31 PMFacebook on Tuesday introduced Instant Articles, a feature that lets publishers place their stories directly on its site. Nine major media outlets have signed on. The content is optimized for mobile devices, and Instant Articles currently is available only on iOS. Publishers get 100 percent of the revenue from ads they place with their content. Facebook will commit to a hands-off policy on news coverage, said spokesperson Alexa Cassanos. Publishers “are in complete control of what they publish on Facebook — both links and Instant Articles.”