Earlier in the week, a social media tracking website, NewsWhip had published a blogpost stating that news content on Facebook had experienced a marked decline in the number of people reached from the middle of February and into March. The blogpost rang alarm bells among the media circle as it is well known that Facebook is pushing video and other media ahead of newsfeeds. Mashable reached out to Facebook who said that However Facebook has been at odds with the media publications ever since it has asked publishers put content directly on to its site as opposed to posting links that direct people back to media websites. This move, many in the media industry believe, will give Facebook even more control over media companies than it has now.
