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Facebook commits $100M to support local news orgs hit by COVID-19 crisis

Fb presented this morning that it is going to be offering every other $100 million price of reinforce to local newsrooms which may well be having a look to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, while that exact same pandemic is dealing an important blow to their bottom strains. The company says the funding will come with $25 million in grant…
Facebook announced this morning that it will be offering another $100 million worth of support to local newsrooms that are trying to cover the COVID-19 pandemic, while that same pandemic is dealing a major blow to their bottom lines. The company says the funding will consist of $25 million in grant…

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