19 May 2015 10:06:44 IST

Facebook and several news firms enter into an uneasy partnership

Instant Articles will post news directly on Facebook's newsfeed

To all the social media addicts: You will not have to leave Facebook now to catch-up with your daily quota of news. Facebook has started a new service called Instant Articles , in partnership with nine news companies including The Guardian , New York Times and National Geographic , according to an Economist article. Facebook will now host the articles rather than just weblinks that directs the readers to news websites. Nothing comes for free though, in return, Facebook will allow the newspapers to advertise next to their stories

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