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Facebook Paying Creators to Use its Live Audio Rooms Feature
24 Nov, 2021 / 08:33 am / Reeny Joseph

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Facebook will pay the creators up to $ 50,000 to use the platform’s live audio Rooms feature. The social media company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced in July that the company would pay $1 billion to creators by the end of 2022. A report from The Information details how some of this money is being spent, with Meta-owned Facebook paying creators up to $50,000 to use the platform’s Live Audio Rooms feature — a rival to the once-buzzy live audio app Clubhouse.

The Meta-owned Instagram, has been doing the same to boost its TikTok-rival Reels, paying creators up to $35,000 to post to the platform.

According to The Information, the terms for using Live Audio Rooms are similarly generous. “Facebook is offering to pay musicians and other creators $10,000 to $50,000 per session on its five-month-old live audio product, plus a fee for guests of $10,000 or more,” says the publication, citing “people with direct knowledge of deal terms.” For this money, Facebook reportedly wants creators to host four to six sessions at least 30 minutes in length. Live Audio Rooms launched in the US in June, with the feature sitting alongside other audio-focused products like podcasts, music, and short-form “Soundbites.” Established names who’ve appeared on Live Audio Rooms include singer Miley Cyrus and comedian Sherry Cola, though there’s no reporting that these individuals were paid to appear.

It’s not only Meta but many platforms pay creators to use its platform, which has become very common among the social media industry. TikTok has its Creator Fund, Snap has its Spotlight program, and Twitter has a paid accelerator programme for its audio feature Spaces. Facebook plans more of its features to extend its popularity among more crowd.