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Facebook can't find enough local news for its local news service

Facebook hoped to help people across the US stay more informed about local news, information and events when it launched its Today In feature in November. But Facebook says it's having trouble finding enough news to feed into the service -- in part because it…

Mozilla partners with news subscription service Scroll to build an ad-free internet

Scroll is an upcoming news subscription service that promises to let you read all your favorite news websites, ad-free in exchange for a monthly fee. The service already has some big names in media onboard (including Buzzfeed, Gizmodo Media Group, and Vox Med…

NBC’s free news-streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May

NBC’s free news streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May NBC will launch a free, streaming news service called NBC News Now in early May, which will include eight hours of daily programming and live hourly updated. The service, which was announced by NBC News President Noah Oppenheim at SXSW this weekend, will riva…

Maybe Facebook's Seldom-Clicked Watch Tab Isn't the Future of News

In June, Facebook’s head of news partnerships announced that the social network was going to fund news shows for its Watch video service. “Watch is the destination on Facebook where people come together around video,” said Campbell Brown in a blog post. Flas…

How to Give Someone Really, Really Bad News

There are bad phone calls, and then, there are really bad phone calls, like the ones in which you’re forced to give someone news that a loved one was in an accident or worse—they’ve died. Read more...

Duterte signs expanded maternity leave into law

| News | GMA News Online - GMA News | News | GMA News Online GMA News Duterte signs expanded maternity leave law ABS-CBN News Duterte signs into law longer maternity leave benefits INQUIRER.net Duterte signs law giving mothers 3 months of paid lea…

You Can Read the New York Times for Free in California

On Tuesday, the New York Times announced its content will be entirely free to anyone carrying a library card in California. Here’s how to access the news as easily as you access sunshine, Californians. Read more...

Google Threatens Pulling News From EU as Disastrous Copyright Legislation Flounders

The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalize the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that has…