Facebook Will Prioritize Shows in the News Feed, Introduces Pre-rolls for Watch

Posted Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:32 am

Sahil Patel | Digiday

Facebook is making changes to further prioritize longer videos and serialized programming on its platform.

In a blog post published today, Facebook said it’s updating its news feed ranking to prioritize publishers and other video creators that are making shows for its new video section, Watch.

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Facebook Will Prioritize Shows in the News Feed, Introduces Pre-rolls for Watch

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