Facebook’s new algorithm change is what makes publishers so afraid of Facebook - Recode

Putting user interests first; also see Facebook, a News Giant That Would Rather Show Us Baby Pictures (NYT)

"Today, Facebook announced that it’s tweaking its algorithm so that users see less stuff shared by publishers and brands and more stuff from friends and family.

This isn’t a nightmare scenario for publishers, but it’s pretty grim; websites and news organizations are leaning more and more on Facebook for growing their audiences, and Facebook just weakened a key traffic driver for them."

Facebook’s new algorithm change is what makes publishers so afraid of Facebook - Recode