How Facebook Could End Up Controlling Everything You Watch and Read Online

How many of you are reading this because of a link you clicked on Facebook? In the online publishing industry (which WIRED obviously is part of), Facebook’s influence on site traffic–and therefore ad revenue–is difficult to overstate. Over the past year especially, "the homepage is dead" has become a standard line among media pundits. And more than anything else, it’s Facebook that killed it.

By Marcus Wohlsen

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/facebook-end-controlling-everything-watch-read-online/