DHAKA: Facebook’s move to fulfil its ambition to be the personal ‘newspaper’ for its billion-plus members is likely to mean more woes for the ailing news media.

The huge social network has become a key source of news for many users, as part of a dramatic shift in how people get information in the digital age, reports The Straits Times.

Company founder Mark Zuckerberg told a forum in early November that his goal is to make Facebook’s newsfeed ‘the perfect personalised newspaper for every person in the world’.

Zuckerberg said that while a newspaper provides the same information to every reader, Facebook can tailor its feed to the interests of the individual, delivering a mix of world news, community events and updates about friends or family.

BDST: 1313 HRS, NOV 23, 2014