The CEO mentioned the idea in a conversation with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer.  Operating as a licensing fee to publishers, a source familiar with Zuckerberg said Facebook users likely wouldn’t be charged for the feature. (Recode, Facebook)

Talking point: It’s been just over a year since the company announced it would feature less news in users’ feeds. That measure came after complaints that it wasn’t doing enough to curb the spread of fake news on its platform. If implemented, this recent concept would be Facebook’s latest deal with news publishers—though publishers largely haven’t profited long-term. In March 2016, Facebook started paying some publishers and celebrities to create Live videos on its platform. It lost popularity a year later, and Facebook Watch, its longer, on-demand video service, became the new priority. The company announced original news programming on its platform, involving organizations like Business Insider and CNN, in June 2018. Two-thirds of those shows were not renewed. Facebook’s pivot away from news has slashed most publishers’ online traffic. Some media executives have said the company has contributed to the major recent layoffs in the industry.