8:00 AM Tuesday Sep 10, 2013
Facebook (click here) has started feeding select news outlets real-time social network chatter about hot topics to weave into story coverage, wading deeper into Twitter territory.
A pair of software tools, Public Feed and Keyword Insights, lets Facebook's media partners tap into comments posted on the service.
"Selected news organisations can begin to integrate Facebook conversations into their broadcasts or coverage by displaying public posts of real-time activity about any given topic," Facebook's online operations vice president, Justin Osofsky, said in a blog post.
"From favourite television shows to sporting events to the latest news; the conversations are happening on Facebook."
Facebook listed its media partners as Buzzfeed, CNN, NBC's Today Show, BSkyB, Slate and Mass Relevance....
