Facebook has announced that it will launch Facebook News in multiple countries within the next six months to a year, including the UK. This comes after the success of Facebook News in the US. In each country, Facebook will pay news publishers to ensure that their content is available in the new product. 

The key features to help make Facebook News valuable have been identified as: 

• Today’s Stories chosen by a team of journalists to catch you up on the news throughout the day 
• Personalisation based on the news you read, share and follow, so you can find new interests and topics and Facebook News is fresh and interesting every time you open it
• Topic sections to dive deeper into business, entertainment, health, science & tech, and sports
• Your Subscriptions, a section for people who have linked their paid news subscriptions to their Facebook account
• Controls to hide articles, topics and publishers you don’t want to see 

Facebook will continue to focus on the growing engagement of Facebook News in the US and have said that it is committed to the partnerships it has developed with US publishers to make Facebook News a valuable asset over the long term.  

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