Apple News is paying publishers to let it unveil shows before they are offered to Facebook , YouTube and Twitter . BuzzFeed News has premiered three episodes of a show on Facebook News a full week before being uploaded to the other platforms . It started posting videos last year and soon discontinued its offering , but publishers have been hesitant to take part because of a lack of funding so far . Meanwhile viewers of BuzzFeed News on Facebook have fallen from 45.4 million views in 2015 to just 1 million in March .
Apple News is paying publishers to let it unveil shows before they are offered to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. BuzzFeed News has premiered three episodes of a show on Apple News a full week before being uploaded to the other platforms. It started running videos last year and soon expanded its offering, but publishers have been hesitant to take part because of a lack of revenue so far. Meanwhile viewers of BuzzFeed News on Facebook have fallen from 45.4 million views in January to just 11.3 million in March.