Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Facebook News launches in the U.K.; Paul Feig begins Netflix shoot in Belfast; Storyglass hires Steve Carsey, Laura Jones joins Blink; The TV Foundation bows Black talent podcast; Conecta Fiction sets dates; Enact invests in post outfit Evolutions; and Locarno sets Alberto Lattuada retrospective.Social media giant Facebook is rolling out Facebook News, an aggregator within the Facebook app that features news from hundreds of national, local and lifestyle outlets in the U.K.
The new platform goes live from Tuesday.Partners for the service include Channel 4 News, Daily Mail Group, DC Thomson, Financial Times, Sky News and Telegraph Media Group.
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