Facebook's media blog announces products and programs for publishers and journalists, such as Instant Articles, Signal, Watch and the Journalism Project.
HN links it as the primary source for Facebook's news-related announcements, used to argue about how the company has positioned itself toward news and creators.
If you click through to the creator blog you will find: "Over time, creators will be able to monetize their shows through Ad Breaks. We’ve been testing Ad Breaks over the past few months, and we will be slowly opening up availability to more creators to ensure we’re providing a good experience for the community. Creators can also create sponsored shows using our branded content tag."
https://media.fb.com/2017/08/09/introducing-watch-and-shows-on-facebook/
"On Wednesday, the company announced a new suite of initiatives aimed at improving its collaboration with journalists and media companies."
FB announcement: https://media.fb.com/2017/01/11/facebook-journalism-project/
FB released a product called Signal http://media.fb.com/2015/09/17/introducing-signal/
If you do a Google search that's the first result. Would be funny if they were afraid enough to do a SEO 'attack'. Yeah, tinfoil.
They were pretty loud about being a source of news. Don't forget the Paper app they cancelled. They even encourage news sources to host their articles on Facebook. https://media.fb.com/2015/05/12/instantarticles/