Official line
App discontinued; some ideas folded into the main app.
Meta · Media & Publishing · Product
Facebook Paper
Discontinued
2014–2016 · 2 years in market
Launched
Jan 30, 2014
Discontinued
Jul 29, 2016
Cause of death
Low usage
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
A stunning news reader from Facebook Creative Labs. Gorgeous, unused, and gone in two years.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A second Facebook app split attention. Beauty without a graph loop is a portfolio piece.
Founder takeaway
Creative Labs apps need a retention loop, not just a launch video. Distribution lives in the blue app.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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