Fox does not have a news division; it does not even have a newscast. Mic is a clickbait site best known for plagiarizing the work of others, reshaping it into millennial focused memes and videos.
Everything about this press release makes me cringe. On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 7:17 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook says it will fund original news shows created by > such news organizations as ABC, CNN, Fox, Univision and Mic. > The move comes as Facebook plans to kill off its "trending" news section > to make way for what it considers "trustworthy" and "informative" news. > Despite efforts to clamp down, the company continues to grapple with fake > news and misinformation, not to mention plain old "click bait" on its > users' news feeds. > Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships, says the shows will > be original and exclusive to Facebook, rather than adapting TV programs > from elsewhere for a Facebook audience. The shows will appear in Facebook's > Watch video section. > Brown declined to say how much Facebook is paying for the shows. They will > be available in the U.S. this summer. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
