“World News Tonight” anchor David Muir will host a social media newscast every weekday on Facebook called “Facecast: The One Thing.” Starting today, the one-minute news update aims to give Facebook users a summary of the day’s top stories and trending topics.
“Facecast: The One Thing” is the first ever daily newscast for social media hosted by an evening news anchor. It will be shot behind the scenes at ABC News headquarters in New York City.
See the full press release after the jump.
ABC’s “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” LAUNCHES SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSCAST ON FACEBOOK ANCHORED BY DAVID MUIR
Facecast: “The One Thing” Features One-Minute Newscast on the Social Network Weekdays, Beginning December 1
ABC News today announced the launch of a social media newscast on Facebook hosted by “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir. Starting today, Facecast: “The One Thing” will feature a one-minute news update on the social network every weekday beginning December 1. Facecast will give Facebook users a round-up of the day’s top stories and trending topics shot behind the scenes at ABC News headquarters in New York City. Facecast: “The One Thing” is the first ever daily newscast for social media hosted by an evening news anchor.
“We are grateful that our audience engages with David Muir and “World News Tonight” on social media all day long,” said “World News Tonight” Executive Producer Almin Karamehmedovic. “We’re very excited to launch a newscast that is exclusively for Facebook where users can continue the conversation beyond the evening newscast at any time.”
Facecast: “The One Thing” is available on the “World News Tonight” Facebook page. Each day it will include a mix of the essential stories on everything from breaking news and the economy to sports and politics, featuring video, photographs and infographics.
“Video on Facebook is growing fast and it’s exciting to see ABC and David Muir create unique content for this platform,” said Andy Mitchell, Director, News and Global Media Partnerships. “A newscast produced for the mobile use case is a great way to leverage Facebook’s platform and engage people in the journalism ABC News is known for.”