By Minda Smiley

Facebook has tweaked its news feed algorithm so users will now see more content from family and friends and less from publishers.

The change comes as a blow to publishers who heavily rely on the social network to share stories and direct traffic to their sites. According to a recent report from web analytics firm Parsley, 41.4 percent of referral traffic to news sites comes from Facebook.

In a blog post, the company said that the change may cause reach and referral traffic to decline for some publishers.

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Source: The Drum