Facebook has unveiled a news tab where users can read a curated list of articles, marking the social media giant's return to news after deemphasizing news in recent years.

Facebook, which announced the news service on Friday, has partnered on the effort with the New York Times and Washington Post, as well as local news outlets in Miami, Atlanta, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Those deals involve Facebook paying for the articles, providing a new source of revenue to news publishers that have previously accused Facebook of failing to compensate them.

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