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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Facebook Grabs at News Biz

    Online readers get 40% of their news through Facebook, according to estimates. At least, that’s where people find the news. Click on a link and you’re launched from Facebook onto the New York Times, Buzzfeed or even KCRW.org . But Facebook doesn’t like it when you click and go to another website. They lose ad revenue that way.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 23, 2015 • 1 min read

    Online readers get 40% of their news through Facebook, according to estimates. At least, that’s where people find the news. Click on a link and you’re launched from Facebook onto the New York Times, Buzzfeed or even KCRW.org. But Facebook doesn’t like it when you click and go to another website. They lose ad revenue that way. So, now they’re telling news outlets to put the whole story on Facebook and promising to share the revenue in return. Is this good news or bad for the news biz?

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    "Fog of War" in Age of Drones, Belle Gibson, and Facebook’s News Grab
    1. 0:00The "Fog of War" in the Age of Drones
    2. 8:35The Story of Adam Gadahn
    3. 16:57Web Roundup: The Belle Gibson Hoax
    4. 26:51Ongoingness
    5. 41:20Facebook Grabs at News BizYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    "Fog of War" in Age of Drones, Belle Gibson, and Facebook’s News Grab
    1. 0:00The "Fog of War" in the Age of Drones
    2. 8:35The Story of Adam Gadahn
    3. 16:57Web Roundup: The Belle Gibson Hoax
    4. 26:51Ongoingness
    5. 41:20Facebook Grabs at News BizYou’re reading this
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand