Facebook launches effort to help boost newspaper subscriptions
WASHINGTON: Facebook on Tuesday announced a US$3 million pilot project aimed at helping US newspapers boost paid digital subscriptions.
The move was the latest by the huge social network to respond to concerns that it and other online platforms have hurt news organisations by dominating Internet advertising.
The "local news subscriptions accelerator," part of the its Journalism Project, will work with a small group of metro news organisations "to unlock strategies that help publishers build digital customer…