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January 26, 2012 01:11 am GMT

1000s Of Journalists Now Use Facebook Subscribe, And Thats Bad For Twitter

Facebook Subscribe4 months after it launched its Twitter-styleasymmetrical Subscribe feature, Facebook and itsJournalist Program ManagerVadim Lavrusik's efforts to weaken Twitter's stranglehold on breaking news are paying off.The companyjust announced that thousands of journalists now use Subscribe, including 90 reporters from The New York Times and 50 from the Washington Post. If Facebook can get your favorite journalists publishing through Subscribe, you'll have less need for Twitter. Next I hear it's setting its sights on getting celebrities and entertainment tastemakers onboard.Additionally, Facebook released some best practices for how journalists can maximize the engagement (Likes, comments, and shares) on their posts.

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