Is Facebook cannibalising itself? Social network launches Paper news app - and it could spell the end of the site as we know it

 Facebook Paper is a news curation app that will launch on 3 February
It pulls in news stories, photos and videos from a Facebook news feed
All stories are displayed on a customisable picture-led grid
Users can also read stories by browsing content from partner publications
It additionally includes many features found on the Facebook app - making the original somewhat redundant



Rumours about a Facebook news reader app have been circulating for years, and now they've not only come true, they could spell the end of the Facebook app as we know it.
Paper is a news curation and reader app that pulls in stories, photos, videos and links from the user's Facebook feed - alongside Facebook's own notification bar and action buttons.
All stories are displayed on a customisable picture-led grid, and the app has been designed to make it easier to share content with other people.
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 Facebook Paper, pictured, is the first product to launch from the California firm's Creative Labs project. It's a news curation app that pulls in stories, photos and videos from a user's Facebook news feed. It additionally comes with Facebook's own notification bar and action buttons. The app is set to launch on 3 February

Users can also browse content and read stories from partner publications, as well as customise which categories they see.

 Paper is set to launch in the U.S. on 3 February.
The app looks similar to news reader rivals Flipboard and Google Currents.
Each section has a main screen with a cover photo at the top, and a row of content along the bottom.
Users can scroll left and right from the main screen through these content cards to see new stories, photos, videos, and so on.
Alternatively, with Paper, users can select a story to see it in fullscreen mode.
The traditional Facebook notification bar is shown in the top right-hand corner of the screen - including friend requests, messages and other notifications.

Each section on the Facebook paper app has a main screen with a cover photo at the top, and a row of content along the bottom, pictured left.  Users can scroll left and right from the main screen through these content cards to see new stories, photos, videos and so on. These sections are all customisable, pictured right