Facebook has denied a media report that cited one of its senior executives as saying that Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers. The Australian on Monday reported that in a meeting with Australian media executives, Facebook's Head of News Partnerships Campbell Brown said: "Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about publishers but is giving me a lot of leeway and concessions to make these changes".

Brown reportedly said that publishers who choose not to work with Facebook will wind up in a dying business. "Facebook said the remarks were inaccurate and taken out of context," Fortune reported. The Australian claimed the story was based on information from five people present at the meeting with Brown who requested anonymity.