72% of Millennials turn to social media platforms for the latest news, and some publishers receive 50% of their referrals from Facebook.

72% of Millennials turn to social media platforms for the latest news, and some publishers receive 50% of their referrals from Facebook. Vox Media is keeping up with this trend by creating social-only content for their seven verticals, and the tactic helped to increase their social reach up to 450% in 2014. Native-only and posts covering big events have yielded the most engagement for the digital media group. Although publishers are not yet receiving revenue from posting content designed for Facebook, Vox Media’s Global VP of Marketing predicts that in the future it could be a major revenue stream. (Digiday)