Which news platform will win in a post-Facebook world?

Last week, digital publisher Little Things abruptly announced that it was shutting down.  

The four-year-old company, known for social media-friendly lifestyle content, had more than 12 million Facebook fans and a docket of hugely popular video series.

But, all that was no match for Facebook's News Feed algorithm. The social network's recent  algorithm update had proved "catastrophic" for the publisher, giving them no choice but shut down after deals with potential buyers for the company fell through,  according to a memo from the company's CEO.